August 16, 2006
Kossack : Stop Worrying About Terrorism
DarkSyde, who blogs at DailyKos, is tired of the country "whining" about terrorism:
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when did the Republican Party become infested with what sound like so many loud, whining cowardly pundits? One second Reagan is up there standing toe-to-toe with the Rooskis, negotiating cool as a cucumber with 20,000 nukes pointed at him, and the next thing I know, the likes of Limbaugh or the crew at Powerwhine and Freeperland, are all shrieking like a class full of tweaked-out, neurotic fifth-graders having a panic attack every time OBL pops up in a grainy video with a rusty AK in the background. ...Of course, if DailyKos didn't have the most Stalinist comment control system known to mankind, you could go over and post your own thoughts for this fellow. Unfortunately, you can't, because the brave Kossacks, who are clearly too tough and fearless to give Osama a second thought, are nonetheless mortified at the thought that a Freeper might sneak in, post a dissenting opinion and wound their inner children....reading or hearing a bunch of yelping GOP crybabies incessantly screeching in craven horror that Al Qaeda is the worst, gosh-darn biggest bad-ass threat we've ever faced is, frankly, an act that has grown tired and embarrassing. And when they yammer, time and time again, that it's not enough for them to be quivering under their beds, they insist the entire country crawl under there and obsess along with them, while they lay in fetal position swaddled in their faded George Bush security blanket squawking in fear, it's enough to make Burt the Turtle duck and cover in disgust. (emphasis added)
The ironic thing here is that DarkSyde is one of DailyKos' resident "sky is falling" Chicken Littles on--you guessed it--CLIMATE CHANGE. DarkSyde is fond of posting dire announcements of "startling new data indicating that climate change and global melt may be even worse than we thought" and similar alarmism:
There are many dangers associated with global warming. What's critical to understand is they often work together in ways that are genuinely alarming to contemplate. A near term, moderate rise in sea level of even a few feet, combined with a virtually instant increase in the intensity of hurricanes, both products of global warming, means that the deadly and destructive storm surges that accompany hurricanes would be greater and reach further inland. Gulf states, from Florida to Texas, would be especially vulnerable to this synergy. The Houston shipping channel, gulf energy platforms, the port of Miami; all could be knocked out of commission for months at time, or cease to exist. Imagine several million refugees fleeing a wrecked, inundated coastline at the same time a significant fraction of oil imports and other essential supplies are cut off, and you have some appreciation for the near term consequences of climate change. (emphasis added)In other words, DarkSyde has no problem with shrieking, having panic attacks and quivering under his bed--so long as he's hiding from greenhouse gasses.
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I love seeing the hysterics over Global Warming, mainly because it seems that anything people do contribute to it. I wrote a little reaction to the latest "discovered" cause of global warming: bird hunting. Yeah, not only is it wrong to hurt poor defenseless birds, we're giving Mother Earth the bitch-slap of death! Hoo-boy, these guys crack me up.
Posted by: joeschmo1of3 at August 16, 2006 02:40 AM (Lj9nP)
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It plain by the number of hurricanes this season that climate chage caused by global warming will be the end of us all. BTW, GR may just be happy for a foot or two rise in sea level.
Posted by: SeeMonk at August 16, 2006 06:54 AM (7teJ9)
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I am new to this blog, and it is good to see people not comfortable with "official" truth. There is a good book about climate change and some other things, by a former Danish Reenpeace activist called Bjorn Lomberg. It is quite interesting the results of the statistics study achieved...
One more thing for all the climateclaimers:It is possible that a climate warm up is not only happening, but even be unstoppable, for it could a part of the long term Earth cycles. As such when vikings discovered Groenland and gave that land the name Green Land...
One more thing for all the climateclaimers:It is possible that a climate warm up is not only happening, but even be unstoppable, for it could a part of the long term Earth cycles. As such when vikings discovered Groenland and gave that land the name Green Land...
Posted by: Pablo at August 16, 2006 08:02 AM (VPvXe)
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I am for any rise in sea level which would wipe out the evil cess-pool of N.O. ! It is a bad place. Mardi Gras is a bitch-slap to the face of God! The evil-doers think they can hide behind a mask and fool God! :-(
Posted by: Last gasp Larry at August 16, 2006 08:02 AM (gLMre)
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I don't believe that DarkSyde would think that [to paraphrase]: reading or hearing a bunch of yelping liberal crybabies incessantly screeching in craven horror that George W. Bush is the worst, gosh-darn biggest bad-ass threat we've ever faced is, frankly, an act that has grown tired and embarrassing.
Posted by: Graeme at August 16, 2006 08:07 AM (z0LeB)
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This is off topic, but I have not seen many tributes to the Marines lately. I received this link from a co-worker. If you decide to visit the site, be patient, it takes a moment to load, and be sure you have the volume up to hear the music.
http://www.pcsuccess.us/yrg/farewell.html
I am still getting goosebumps.
http://www.pcsuccess.us/yrg/farewell.html
I am still getting goosebumps.
Posted by: SeeMonk at August 16, 2006 08:14 AM (7teJ9)
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D@mn KosKooks. This one (DarkSyde) is an particularly simple idiot.
I call them Kogs. Kos + Borgs = Kogs. Because that's all they are, mindless automatons of the head KosKook.
~V5
I call them Kogs. Kos + Borgs = Kogs. Because that's all they are, mindless automatons of the head KosKook.
~V5
Posted by: VictorFive at August 16, 2006 08:50 AM (Pp32v)
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They are for the most part the produce of our public school system.Crap like this has been drilled into their heads since kindergarten.
Global warming is a huge threat to us all, Bush is Hitler, Islamofacism is the brain child of the wicked conservatives to distract us from the real goal of taking away our rights.
Hey, they have to write and eventually believe all this shit. How else do they get an A on the report card.
Long live Private schools!
Global warming is a huge threat to us all, Bush is Hitler, Islamofacism is the brain child of the wicked conservatives to distract us from the real goal of taking away our rights.
Hey, they have to write and eventually believe all this shit. How else do they get an A on the report card.
Long live Private schools!
Posted by: Brad at August 16, 2006 08:53 AM (6mUkl)
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I'm sorry, which part of "go find these bastards and whack them before they get another free shot at us" was it that makes me a "screeching coward"?
Twit.
Twit.
Posted by: mojo at August 16, 2006 09:14 AM (0qPz6)
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In April, The Pirate Armada successfully boarded DailyKos and put up this blog entry.
Of course, the Kossack moderators immediately began disappearing Pirate posts, which we expected; that's why we got screen captures of some telling entries.
The scandalized KosKidz were a wonderful. I haven't seen so much clucking and scurrying since Granny went after the rooster with a chain saw.
Of course, the Kossack moderators immediately began disappearing Pirate posts, which we expected; that's why we got screen captures of some telling entries.
The scandalized KosKidz were a wonderful. I haven't seen so much clucking and scurrying since Granny went after the rooster with a chain saw.
Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at August 16, 2006 09:29 AM (vBK4C)
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So, for those Kos-types who are old enough, do you think they backed Reagan when he was standing toe-to-toe with the Russkis?
Or were they then screeching about how the USSR wasn't a threat, it was Reagan who was war-mongering, Pershing IIs would result in World War III, etc.?
Typical. The current threat is never really a threat. Only the last one and the next one.
Or were they then screeching about how the USSR wasn't a threat, it was Reagan who was war-mongering, Pershing IIs would result in World War III, etc.?
Typical. The current threat is never really a threat. Only the last one and the next one.
Posted by: Lurking Observer at August 16, 2006 09:29 AM (/ZD7V)
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People like this guy LOVE to use straw men arguments any time they get a chance and today he used the "Al Qaeda is the worst [...] threat we've ever faced" canard. Clearly Al Qaeda is merely one piece of a much larger threat best described as Islamic Fascism or Radical Islam.
The lefties love to mention one small piece of the problem in order to minimalize the threat and make all of our efforts seem very heavyhanded when, in fact, we aren't doing ENOUGH.
Oh, to Lurking Observer: Reminds me of this.
The lefties love to mention one small piece of the problem in order to minimalize the threat and make all of our efforts seem very heavyhanded when, in fact, we aren't doing ENOUGH.
Oh, to Lurking Observer: Reminds me of this.
Posted by: Christopher Ross at August 16, 2006 10:19 AM (etcdC)
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Who's scared? I'm not scared of Osama, Global Warming, Bird Flu, Terrorists, or anything else on this Earth, and especially not a pussy from the Kos site. They are nothing but a bunch of blowhards who do nothing but talk...talk...talk.
Posted by: jesusland joe at August 16, 2006 10:22 AM (rUyw4)
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al-Qeada is only one head of the multi headed beast of revelations. Iraq and Afghanistan represent the the two mortally wounded heads.
I am open for who the whore of Babylon is. My guess it is oil. Maybe oil is the beast and al-Sadr is the whore.
Just random passing thoughts. BTW please have a look at the linky to the Marines memorial slide show. I liked it so much I didn't link to my lame website first. I linked directly to the site where it can be viewed. But you can see a link at my site if you dare.
I am open for who the whore of Babylon is. My guess it is oil. Maybe oil is the beast and al-Sadr is the whore.
Just random passing thoughts. BTW please have a look at the linky to the Marines memorial slide show. I liked it so much I didn't link to my lame website first. I linked directly to the site where it can be viewed. But you can see a link at my site if you dare.
Posted by: SeeMonk at August 16, 2006 10:46 AM (7teJ9)
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mojo: What are you talking about. We have a rule on this blog. If you smoke it. Share it.
Posted by: greyrooster at August 16, 2006 12:03 PM (vCjBd)
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You have to admit that since 9/11/01, Americans have acted like they are scared shitless of terrorists. How else to explain why we are willing to let snoops tap our phones and read our mail?
Yes we got suckerpunched. But if we live in fear ("terror") of another attack from now on, then the terrorists have won. Let's protect ourselves, but come on! Show a little courage!
No more wimps. No more fear. No more voting for politicians who try to manipulate us with fear.
Yes we got suckerpunched. But if we live in fear ("terror") of another attack from now on, then the terrorists have won. Let's protect ourselves, but come on! Show a little courage!
No more wimps. No more fear. No more voting for politicians who try to manipulate us with fear.
Posted by: larryk at August 16, 2006 12:59 PM (IFx9J)
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I tried to sign up to comment there, and was banned before I even made a post. seems they checked my site and found it not in line with their ideology.
Posted by: SeeMonk at August 16, 2006 01:04 PM (7teJ9)
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larryK: politicians manipulating us with fear, are you talking about the Dems who lied about the nature of NSA international call surveillance, or the ones screaming that the world is ending because we still use piston engines?
Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at August 16, 2006 04:34 PM (vBK4C)
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...Manipulating us with fear? It seems to me that G.W. and his compadres are repeatedly put into an impossible logical position. If they fail to act on threats and do their utmost to prevent another attack, they will be condemned.
However -any- reasonably effective security or investigative measures will immediatly be hailed as a threat to civil liberties, and condemned--as if there really were no real threat of young Middle Easterners blowing themselves up in the name of Allah.
Damned if they do, damned if they don't.
I personally think there'd be a lot less of this raw hatred spewing from the left if GW had carried Florida by a much larger margin the first time he was elected(To the degree that recounts would have been irrelevant).
However -any- reasonably effective security or investigative measures will immediatly be hailed as a threat to civil liberties, and condemned--as if there really were no real threat of young Middle Easterners blowing themselves up in the name of Allah.
Damned if they do, damned if they don't.
I personally think there'd be a lot less of this raw hatred spewing from the left if GW had carried Florida by a much larger margin the first time he was elected(To the degree that recounts would have been irrelevant).
Posted by: Psicattus at August 16, 2006 05:36 PM (uAWuO)
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My hatred of GW spews mainly because he took legal action to nullify votes by resisting a recount. Hell, that could have been my vote! Had I lived in Florida. I get riled when someone tries to take away my vote. To arrogantly suppress truth is the muslim way. That is why the moderate muslims don't do anything to stop terrorism. Lies, deceit and denial is there way of life. .....
Posted by: Last gasp Larry at August 16, 2006 06:08 PM (gLMre)
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Psicattus- its the same thing when they "question the timing" of whatever. The timing is either in favor of bush because he's trying to counter bad poll numbers or he's trying to boost himself or someone else in an upcoming election. Or he's trying to deflect "bad news" about something or another, like in an election that was just held or some other such news. There's _never_ any time that they would never "question the timing" because at any time between now and January 2009, any of these events apply to the Bush administration.
Posted by: h0mi at August 16, 2006 07:42 PM (zpJBl)
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Um, I'm pretty sure that GW didn't "take legal action to nullify votes". There was some "legal action" by the State Department in terms of closing the books after the 2nd or 3rd recount or whatever it was and telling the Democrats to essentially take a hike and accept that they lost. Whatever votes that nullified would not have been anywhere near enough to tip the balance.
It's amazing how many people are still in denial about the 2000 elections. Enough already - he won the popular vote in 2004 in addition to the electoral college. Whatever complaints people had about the 2000 elections should have been laid to rest in '04 when Democrats had the chance to do something about it - America was listening to them intently but but all it heard was "BushHitler Chimpy McHaliburton lied about Iraq!". It's not the Republicans' fault that the Democrats consistently use transparent schoolyard tactics and choose unelectable, batshit-crazy candidates like Al Gore, John Kerry and Howard Dean to represent them.
Or were you just being sarcastic?
It's amazing how many people are still in denial about the 2000 elections. Enough already - he won the popular vote in 2004 in addition to the electoral college. Whatever complaints people had about the 2000 elections should have been laid to rest in '04 when Democrats had the chance to do something about it - America was listening to them intently but but all it heard was "BushHitler Chimpy McHaliburton lied about Iraq!". It's not the Republicans' fault that the Democrats consistently use transparent schoolyard tactics and choose unelectable, batshit-crazy candidates like Al Gore, John Kerry and Howard Dean to represent them.
Or were you just being sarcastic?
Posted by: Aaron G at August 16, 2006 08:40 PM (1xiB4)
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larryk -
Do you believe there's such a thing as rational concern, or does every concern necessarily equate to cowardly fear?
If I decide against jumping out of an airplane without a parachute, does that make me a spineless coward? What if I decide against jumping in front of a moving bus? What if I decide against buying that "amazing" stock I just read about in that spam email I just received, or contacting that bank manager in Nigeria with the $10,000,000 secret account in the name of my long-lost uncle Mbuto Nkembe, esq.? If I steer clear of these "opportunities", am I being a "wimp", or simply exercising good judgment? Isn't it possible to make a rational cost-benefit decision in favor of one's own personal well-being without being a "wimp" or being "scared shitless"?
BTW, are government "snoops" really tapping your phones and reading your mail? Are they reading your brainwaves, too? How do you know this?
Do you believe there's such a thing as rational concern, or does every concern necessarily equate to cowardly fear?
If I decide against jumping out of an airplane without a parachute, does that make me a spineless coward? What if I decide against jumping in front of a moving bus? What if I decide against buying that "amazing" stock I just read about in that spam email I just received, or contacting that bank manager in Nigeria with the $10,000,000 secret account in the name of my long-lost uncle Mbuto Nkembe, esq.? If I steer clear of these "opportunities", am I being a "wimp", or simply exercising good judgment? Isn't it possible to make a rational cost-benefit decision in favor of one's own personal well-being without being a "wimp" or being "scared shitless"?
BTW, are government "snoops" really tapping your phones and reading your mail? Are they reading your brainwaves, too? How do you know this?
Posted by: The All-Seeing Eye at August 16, 2006 10:31 PM (JBdud)
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I think all the opening of our borders has served the government well. After the riots of the 60's it seems the people would be easier to manage if they are less homogeneous. More difficult to unify and start trouble. And easier to hoodwink by gesturing and chuckling and nodding the head. Is that why big gov has turned a blind eye towards border security? However the '04 vote turned out, it is pretty well evident that many wish they had voted differently with approval ratings so low. Far as managing, directing and follow-thru on the war, I think " We can do better ". " Fore! ... Rummy, when is another one of these 5-week war-time vacations coming up?, I hope soon 'cause I need more work with my 9 iron! " L o ....... O
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