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TALK ABOUT JUMPING THE SHARK
Yee-haa! It’s an old-fashioned fake turkey shoot, following a prolonged plastic turkey undersupply. Here’s David Rossie, associate editor of New York state’s Press & Sun-Bulletin:
Talk about jumping the shark. This was Bush’s second shark-jump, actually. Remember that hello-I must-be-going Thanksgiving Day visit to the soldiers in Baghdad in 2003? The one where he came out from behind a curtain, said a few words to the soldiers who had been herded into the hall, posed with a plastic turkey, jumped back on Air Force One and was back in Crawdad, Texas, in time for dinner?
Difficult to remember something that never happened, David. And former Time deputy Washington bureau chief Margaret Carlson, now filing lies for Bloomberg News:
The last time Bush was publicly this happy was Thanksgiving 2003, when not just the cabinet but some in his family were stunned to see the president hoisting a fake turkey in a hangar at Baghdad International Airport just as the Associated Press was publishing a White House release on the meal Bush was supposedly enjoying at the presidential ranch in Crawford, Texas.
Attention, Margaret: turkey not fake! We continue counting down until August 30, which will mark 1,000 days since commencement of the terrible turkey scandal.
(As it happens, August 30 is Turkey’s Victory Day.)
The so called msm is a decomposimg corpse, the head rotted off a long time ago , it retains only its most basic of motor functions, dementedly and ever more futiley pushing the same tired old crap, Bush this blah blah, Bush that blah blah,
These dinosaurs have been running on empty for so long, they wouldnt know journalistic integrity if it bit them on there big fat liberal arses
Sort of o/t but not, I saw on AOL news that CBS is kicking Dan Rather out. Dan Rather doesn’t want to quit. Now they’ve taken the news bit down. But I bet they manage to get rid of him. The only sad thing is, they’re probably only doing it because he’s 74 years old and they want younger news people, not because he’s a news-twisting lunatic.
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Rather convenient coincidence, is it not?
I question the timing…
Posted by WingDynasty on 2006 06 16 at 02:06 PM • permalinkWhat small-minded, petty people these are. They aren’t saying anything about anything - except to make some gratuitous swipe at Bush because he’s happy. They prate on and make perfect fools of themselves.
I’m not a fan of Bush. I’d prefer a much more aggressive war - against Iran, especially. But how can one not be pleased to see genuine happiness on the face of a war time president who has just visited the middle of a war zone. That smile carries more than the teeny-tiny notion that the media is the absolute center of the universe and the prime concern of this president; i.e., the smile is saying more than, “Boy, I put one over on all of you jerks in the media.” (Though who could blame him for such a thought. I wish like hell he was more concerned with the propaganda war in this country! Again, more aggression, please.) But the press has such an astoundingly provincial self-importance that they are completely blind to the role they actually are playing in this war. This is what passes for sophistication on their citizen-of-the-world godlike perch that sits above it all and doesn’t take sides.
We can step up the prophylaxis, but the battle will rage forever, as if in Valhalla, or as if against Ghidarah the three-headed monster, which in fact is the plastic turkey in another guise.
Yes, mojo, there is a plastic turkey, and there will be a plastic turkey as long as there are leftist boys & girls of all ages to believe in it. A thousand years from now, mojo, nay 10 times 10,000 years from now, the plastic turkey will continue to await the time when the stars are right again—then let humankind tremble! "For with those which eternal lie, with strange eons even death may die."
Remember that hello-I must-be-going Thanksgiving Day visit to the soldiers in Baghdad in 2003? The one where he came out from behind a curtain, said a few words to the soldiers who had been herded into the hall, posed with a plastic turkey
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t he reviving a seperate myth here- the one where the soldiers were dragged out of bed early in the morning to present BusHitler with a photo-op?
Speaking of false realities, leftists are still living in 2002 and seem to be on the verge of a total meltdown.
Read the comments, it’s just too funny.
Talking heads discuss non-existent plastic turkeys. Makes me wonder if those talking heads need new batteries.
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2006 06 16 at 04:10 PM • permalinkBush is a conservative big-government wanker, there’s no doubt about it. However, what’s with all the lying?
For someone like me, Bush’s administration is deeply disappointing. Reagan he ain’t. However, his one saving grace is that he magnificently pisses off the people I really want to see pissed off and gets them contorting themselves into such ridiculous shapes that the mainstream could not possibly mistake them for anything other than the lunatics that they are…
Posted by James Waterton on 2006 06 16 at 04:12 PM • permalinkHrm. Silly, naive me. Horses for courses and all that.
Posted by James Waterton on 2006 06 16 at 04:25 PM • permalinkJames, I agree wholeheartedly. For someone the Democrats and the assorted motley Leftist allies paint as a neo-fascist and exploiter of the poor and “downtrodden”, his domestic spending policies would’ve made the Clintons blush.
Posted by Spiny Norman on 2006 06 16 at 04:32 PM • permalinkEven if this plastic turkey rubbish were true, they make a big deal out of it as if Bush were the first politician in the history of the universe to pose for a PR photo-op.
Posted by EmilyJones on 2006 06 16 at 04:42 PM • permalink#16, you said it. I’m not pleased with Mr. Bush’s stance on immigration, or his big-government meddling in things that ought to be left to the private citizen. But, as you said, he pisses off the right people. The thought of a Democrat winning the White House in ‘08 nauseates me. Even if they get a reasonable middle-of-the-roader, he’d be subjected to nearly impossible to resist pressure from the inmates on the left who have obviously taken over the asylum.
I was reading somewhere the other day that Kos’s candidate in Connecticut (can’t remember his name; the one that looks like Martin Sheen’s ugly brother) may actually have a chance of defeating Lieberman. Lieberman is being advised by some to run as an independent (though Lieberman apparently isn’t attracted to the idea).
O/T - Fine op-ed about an Australian war hero in today’s The Australian -
Wallace was among the first into the valley and he was quickly pinned down by enemy fire. Forces inspired by Osama bin Laden were all around, armed with machineguns and mortars. For a while, it looked as if Wallace might not make it out.
But, surrounded as he was by frightened young Americans, some of whom were barely old enough to shave, he helped launch a tremendous counterattack, and came home alive.
Wallace would later receive the Medal for Gallantry, the first member of the Royal Australian Corps of Signals to be so honoured since Vietnam. The Australian Defence Force said it was for courage under fire and because he “maintained composure under sustained heavy attack from enemy forces”, as well as for “providing leadership to those around him”...
As US commander Tommy Franks told reporters after the fight: “I’m not sure it will ever be fully declassified, but it literally brings tears to my eyes. The Aussies brought bravery to a whole new level."
Posted by walterplinge on 2006 06 16 at 06:46 PM • permalinkDunno about Lamont/Lieberman.
This looks pretty desperatePosted by Jim,MtnViewCA,USA on 2006 06 16 at 07:49 PM • permalinkThat article in the Australian ref’ed by walterplinge above is terrific, btw. Don’t pass it by.
Posted by Jim,MtnViewCA,USA on 2006 06 16 at 07:57 PM • permalinkProps to Maggie, she’s corrected her article.
New Version
Bush’s Sneak Trips Won’t Fix Iraq: Margaret Carlson (Correct)
(Corrects to delete reference to fake turkey in third paragraph.)Posted by Jim,MtnViewCA,USA on 2006 06 16 at 08:02 PM • permalinkWouldn’t a plastic turkey be far more difficult to organise, and alot more expensive, than a real turkey?
Of course it would. It’s just easier for the left to dismiss the gesture of goodwill as fake, if the Turkey was fake.
Reminds of those arseholes who claim McDonald’s burger patties are made from ground up worms; it’d be hellishly expensive to breed and grind up enough worms for all those Big Macs, when minced beef is so easy to obtain.
Posted by AlburyShifton on 2006 06 16 at 08:50 PM • permalinkHere’s yet another fake turkey sighting:
Foreign Policy’s Passport blog.
Posted by P. Froward on 2006 06 16 at 10:19 PM • permalink#14 aaron_,
That’s a classic! Dig it:
‘Don’t worry about coming up with a “solution.” Even if we could, Rove would mischaracterize it ...
‘I think the Democrats COULD coalesce around something like that.’
Perfect: They don’t have a solution. They don’t even have a position. They can’t come up with one. He knows it. He cannot imagine why that might matter.
And he figures an echoing trunkful of absolutely nothing is just what the doctor ordered to unite and fire up the Democratic Party.
He’s wrong. I hope.
Posted by P. Froward on 2006 06 16 at 10:28 PM • permalinkLooking at that bear ad I have to say it’s politics, Jim but not as we know it. Dear lord, who knew anyone drop to the niveau of a Charmin ad in serious discourse? Oh the suspense of waiting to see if these bears will do what bears do in the woods! Makes Kos’ home invasion nipple twister spot look good.
And why not polar bears, Sen Joe?
Who was the journo who said that it didn’t matter if the turkey was fake or not because it was a perfect metaphor?
Man, that David Rossie is one bitter, old sourpuss. Poor guy, he never made it out of Binghamton (a real armpit). Probably drinks heavily.
Thanks for the link, walterpling; that was great.
I sent Carolyn O’Hara an email, P. Froward. These people are just making themselves look silly now.
Posted by Kyda Sylvester on 2006 06 17 at 12:21 AM • permalinkO/T - but two great reads:
Christopher Pearson, ‘Cultures are not all Equal’
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19490928-601,00.htmlHe mentions:
Amitai Etzioni, ‘The Rights and Responsibilities of Immigrants’
http://www.quadrant.org.au/php/article_view.php?article_id=2051Both suck the mist out of the moral and intellectual swamp of so-called ‘social justice’, ‘diversity’ and ‘multiculturalism’.
Pearson has little good to say about about the University of South Australia. Here’s something I wrote for them about the wise words of educational pundit, Bob Smith (Smith, Bob (1998, September). ‘For the teacher researcher: reviewing some of the preconditions to curriculum reform.’ Curriculum Perspectives, volume 18, number 3, pages 33-40)
“Smith (1998, September) sets forth some of the preconditions necessary to optimise improved educational outcomes. My responses to the rating scales under ‘professional persona’ (p 34) suggested that my self-image ... blah, blah. I had more difficulty with some of the ‘ethical disposition’ statements. I agree that all teaching and teaching products are value-laden and that one must always give thought to power transactions in curricular change but some of the descriptors are primarily political statements. Were they not more a rating of my ‘political disposition’? Smith’s use of terms like ‘social justice’ have their origins in specific political policies and orientations, and though agreeing that there are injustices in Australian society and in the Australian classroom, I feel that the author and I might not concur over their extent, or our preferred means to address them ... Ethical disposition and political outlook are of course not mutually exclusive terms or concerns but we should, perhaps, be more attentive, first, to their differences.”
The lecturer’s response to this was ‘interesting critique’. Hmmm
You can see how delighted I was by Pearson’s piece.
I’m a big boy now and kid myself I know what bullshit smells like. It’s the kids and young undergraduates I worry about, God help their poor propagandised arses.
Wow, Jim, I just hit your link. Do I detect the stench of desperation wafting across the continent from the direction of Connecticut? Good Lord, Joe, what were you thinking? The generally reliable Rasmussen has Lieberman-46%/Lamont-40%. If Lamont actually pulls this off, there’ll be no living with Kos.
Posted by Kyda Sylvester on 2006 06 17 at 12:44 AM • permalinkIf Lamont actually pulls this off, there’ll be no living with Kos.
Huh? He’s already an insufferable twit....how could Kos get worse?
Although I’m sure he’s happy to dig that hole even deeper.
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2006 06 17 at 01:23 AM • permalinkMr Tim
Difficult to remember something that never happened, David.
Oh if only that were true.
Posted by Huck Foley on 2006 06 17 at 01:25 AM • permalinkMargo, turkeys, culture wars, dead iraqis, Bush… it’s good to see the blogmire has moved on from 2003.
Posted by Miranda Divide on 2006 06 17 at 04:52 AM • permalinkMargo, turkeys, culture wars, dead iraqis, Bush… it’s good to see the blogmire has moved on from 2003.
Feel free to start your own blog…
Posted by AlburyShifton on 2006 06 17 at 07:13 AM • permalinkThe generally reliable Rasmussen has Lieberman-46%/Lamont-40%. If Lamont actually pulls this off, there’ll be no living with Kos.
If (when) Lamont loses, Kos will crow about how close his support made the contest.
If Lamont wins, Kos will have succeeded in putting a Democrat in the US Senate to replace - a Democrat.
Go, Kos!
Huh? He’s already an insufferable twit....how could Kos get worse?
If Lamont wins, Kos will have succeeded in putting a Democrat in the US Senate to replace - a Democrat.
Oh, if there’s one thing life teaches, it’s that it can always get worse. Kos at 0-20 is insufferable. Kos with a win under his belt (especially a win like this) is insufferable squared. And Lamont would be replacing a Democrat who is an adamant, reliable supporter of the GWOT, Zionism and the Iraq compaign.
Posted by Kyda Sylvester on 2006 06 17 at 12:04 PM • permalinkOh, if there’s one thing life teaches, it’s that it can always get worse. Kos at 0-20 is insufferable. Kos with a win under his belt (especially a win like this) is insufferable squared. And Lamont would be replacing a Democrat who is an adamant, reliable supporter of the GWOT, Zionism and the Iraq compaign.
Ah, but Kos claimed victory when one of his losers made the Republicans spend more than they planned to on a presumably safe seat. So if the Dems have to spend money on Lamont in the general election that they wouldn’t have had to with Lieberman being safe, then Kos will temper his gloating, right?
Right?
Errr, never mind.
Hey, I wonder if the Republicans have a legitimate candidate in this race. Conceivably, Lieberman (IND) and Lamont (D) could split the Dem vote and the Republican could squeeze in on a narrow plurality.
Any Connecticans on this thread want to chime in and correct me?
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