Good morning everyone! Well, since apparently people can't remember back any further than a year ago, the Repubs are doing well in all the Rasmussen polls (imagine that!) and teabaggy hope and change is in the air for them. What could possibly go wrong?
Well, as none other than Dennis Miller once opined, they're beginning to knife each other over the length of their crew cuts. RINO, RINO, who's got the RINO?
Well, for starters - It's General Betray-us!!
Petraeus calls gunscope inscriptions "disturbing"
Reuters ^ | Jan. 21, 2010
Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010 11:04:32 PM by Free ThinkerNY
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. General David Petraeus said on Thursday it was "disturbing" that a manufacturer had embossed biblical citations on rifle scopes sent to Afghanistan and Iraq, and the firm announced it would voluntarily halt the practice.
"This is a big concern to the Army and the Marine Corps, who have contracted for these particular sites," said Petraeus, the head of U.S. Central Command, noting the religious sensitivities American forces face in the two Muslim countries.
"This is of serious concern to me and to the other commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan because, indeed, it conveys a perception that is absolutely contrary to what it is that we have sought to do," Petraeus told a forum at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
"It is disturbing to us, frankly, that this was done," he added.
President Barack Obama has sought to convince the Muslim world that the U.S. fight against al Qaeda militants should not be viewed as a war against Islam.
Former President George W. Bush heightened those concerns shortly after the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington when he referred to his war on terrorism as a "crusade," a remark critics warned raised images of Christian knights attacking Muslim cities during the Middle Ages.
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Sir, I believe you just called the Commander of CENTCOM an idiot.
At least you didn't call him a retard.
To: Free ThinkerNYEtu General?
Yes - him, too.
One would think you would have much more on your mind in dealing with an enemy bent upon the death and destruction of all we stand for, including freedom of speech, than to even comment on such a trivial matter.
WTF are we coming to?
Our senses?
Damn!
Just Damn!!!!
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To: Free ThinkerNYThese people are insane, that's all. Petraeus , McChrystal, Casey care more about being PC--to the extreme--than they care about our soldiers' lives!Nothing short of a revolution is going to restore our country to sanity.
9 posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010 11:12:24 PM by molybdenum ( Now go do the right thing!------Dr Laura)
Um - dipshit - Petraeus, McChrystal, and Casey have all the tanks, artillery, and attack helicopters.
You have a keyboard and a Free Republic account.
Guess who wins?
To: Free ThinkerNYAfter 3 decades, Trijicon has succumbed to the pressure and is removing the Bible Verse references:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_military_weapons_bible_references
I don’t know what’s worse; the freakin’ godless Libtards who made a big deal out of this, or the gutless Christians at Tijicon(sic) who gave up without a fight...
Cheers
14 posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010 11:17:24 PM by DoctorBulldog
Now it's the "gutless Christians at Trijicon". The list gets longer every day.
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FRANK: and dear God protect our dear men on the field of battle, that
they might return home to their dear ones...and dear God protect our
Supreme Commander on the field...and our Commander and Chief in
Washington D.C.
HAWKEYE: Frank were you in this religious kick at
home or did you crack up over here?
DUKE: Ah Frank, how long
does this show go on?
FRANK: It gets longer all the time, now I
have your soul to pray for and Captain Pierce's.
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To: Free ThinkerNYThis is bullshit. Petraeus should know better. He's joining the argument on the wrong side.This is Political Correctness run amok.
Frankly, it's also must be offensive to God as well. There once was a time when when we wanted Him on our side and honored Him. If our Founding Fathers were still around, they would probably grab their muskets off the wall and head out to stop this madness. And they would probably take their Bibles with them as well.
Maybe we should take IN GOD WE TRUST off our coinage as well just to please CAIR and the God-hating pantywaists that infest this country,... and I hate to say it,... our "Defense" Department, too?
F*ck them! God save us from these fools.
And now, the Commander of CENTCOM is a "fool".
Maybe you could take out a full-page ad in the Times and try to warn people?
To: Free ThinkerNY
"I still like 'upstart' the best."
Of course, there's always some Freeper who thinks he can stand athwart the moron express yelling "Stop!"....
To: Free ThinkerNYReading the thread I’m struck by two things.
First, the general lack of understanding and misuse of the concept “Politically Correct”. Pleasing western PC sensibilities isn’t the issue. Dealing with the culture in foreign lands we are fighting is what we are attempting.
Second, the eagerness and gusto that FR employs to throw the General under the bus. A man who was nearly worshiped just a year ago. The man many wanted for president. Nobody wanting to give him even the smallest benefit of the doubt as an expert on what is needed to fight our wars in Islamic territories, and what might hinder our efforts and unnecessarily endanger US troops.
I hope the General isn’t crowding Sarah Palin under that bus, where so many consigned her yesterday.
Could it be this?
Palin Sources Claim that She was Troubled by John Birch Society's Sponsorship of CPAC
washingtonpost the fix ^ | FridayJanuary 8, 2010 | Chris Cillizza
Posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 1:25:09 PM by Bigtigermike
Palin announced late Thursday that she would attend SRLC, joining Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee as announced speakers. Interestingly, Palin also announced on Thursday that she would not be speaking at CPAC, a gathering of conservatives in Washington in mid February -- a decision, according to those familiar with her thinking, due at least in part to the fact that the John Birch Society is one of the sponsors
To: BigtigermikeI’d take the JBS endorsement over the RNC’s
3 posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 1:29:26 PM by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: Bigtigermike.
To: UB355so Sarah is her own perosn and now tot he left it’s a bad thing, maybe we should all be like the far left fanatics which only see a letter after a name and then repeat those bumper stickers and of curse never back those comment sup with facts
9 posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 1:39:40 PM by manc
To: BigtigermikeI bothered to study the JBS several years ago. Of course, John Birch was a hero that died fighting communists, but the organization that bears his name is in no way connected to him other than they both hate commies. I couldn't find anything wrong, frankly with the JBS. Some of their claims seemed a bit on the wild side, but I saw no harm in their claims. The Dems make more outrageous and wild claims every day. I've never joined or given money the the JBS, but they are far closer to my views than the Republican party.
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To: chucklesI agree, I find no problem with JBS.
21 posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 1:55:21 PM by faucetman (Just the facts ma'am, just the facts).
It looks like a regular love-fest for the JBS fer sure.
More or less...
To: BigtigermikeSarah knows the Birch Society is anti-Israel and in fact considers pro-Israel dispensationalism a "plot" of "the Conspiracy." Why wouldn't she be troubled?BTW, there is absolutely nothing "grass roots" about the JBS.
29 posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 2:05:53 PM by Zionist Conspirator ( . . . Vayar' vehinneh haseneh bo`er ba'esh, vehaseneh 'eynennu 'ukkal.)
To: Funee KatSo what’s up with the John Birch Society these days? Seems like they’ve been keeping a low profile for some time, but lately I keep seeing their name pop up here and there. As I remember them from some years back, they never would have associated themselves with the mainstream political class, even if they were conservatives. In any case, I don’t see why Sarah Palin would have a problem with them, unless she is concerned that the media will try to typecast her as a conspiracy nut.I was a member of the Birch Society from 1977 to 1981. They are bad news.
You're Jewish and you were a Bircher???
I knew that Repubs specialize in cognitive dissonance, but just - DAMN!
They serve as the "blue lodge" and recruiting point for the anti-Semitic movement. They indoctrinate recruits into anti-Semitism with the word "Jews" removed ("the Conspiracy"), and eventually the recruit makes the connection and becomes a Jew-hating loon.
They are also unapologetic pre-WWII right wingers. While they were all for American "interference" against Communism in most parts of the world, they were opposed to America helping Israel against its own Communist threat because "both sides" were allegedly run by "the Conspiracy" (how convenient!). Furthermore, while they were all for the draft in the Sixties (they rejected the anti-draft ideology as "libertarian" rather than conservative) but now that we're fighting moslems they're suddenly against the draft--and writing articles on how bad the draft was in WWII (another "Jewish" war).
For the record, I am also opposed to a military draft, but I am so consistently--unlike the JBS.
31 posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 2:11:49 PM by Zionist Conspirator ( . . . Vayar' vehinneh haseneh bo`er ba'esh, vehaseneh 'eynennu 'ukkal.)
That's very easy for you to say.
To: Bigtigermike; nutmegI’d bet this is disinformation.
Thee is NOTHING wrong with John Birch, they are among the most conservative/constitutionalist organization out there
33 posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 2:14:38 PM by RaceBannon (OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE IS SHOVEL READY...FOR SENIORS!!:: NObama. Not my president.)
Yeah - whatever.
Well, at least FOX "news" is still on their side and.........WHA???
Obama slays Repubs in Fox News poll
Wash Examiner ^ | 1/21/10 | Julie Mason
Posted on Friday, January 22, 2010 12:07:18 AM by pissant
A new Fox News poll has President Obama losing in 2012 to a generic Republican candidate -- but mostly stomping a few big-name Republicans. Which leads one to wonder -- who is this generic Republican who could beat him?
According to the poll, Obama beats Mitt Romney, 47 percent to 35 percent, defeats Sarah Palin, 55 percent to 31 percent, and makes a quick business of Newt Gingrich, 53 percent to 29 percent. What, no Santorum?
Generically, Obama loses to an unnamed Republican, 43 percent to 47 percent.
Further: 43 percent of Americans say they would vote to re-elect Barack Obama if the 2012 election were held today, which is unchanged from October, yet is down from 52 percent who said they would re-elect him in April.
All in all, 47 percent of Americans say they would vote for someone else rather than re-electing President Obama, up from 31 percent in April.
Moreover, the number saying they would "definitely" vote to re-elect Obama has declined -- going from 37 percent in April to 26 percent in October to 23 percent in the new poll.
Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Obama-slays-Repubs-in-Fox-News-poll-82312997.html#ixzz0dJoeAgRY
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To: pissant
Where were they polling, Berkeley?
15 posted on Friday, January 22, 2010 12:16:38 AM by lewislynn (What does the global warming movement and the Fairtax movement have in common? Disinformation)
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To: Reagan ManThat’s spooky
17 posted on Friday, January 22, 2010 12:16:43 AM by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: Reagan ManJust think, if Mitt moves to California, we could have Romney/Brown in 2012.LOL!!
Romney, of course, is a non-starter but Brown may have a future down the road.
He needs to build a record first.
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To: Lancey Howard"You and I both have the same position on abortion." -- Scott Brown to Martha Coakley, January 11, 2010 CSPAN Debate27 posted on Friday, January 22, 2010 12:23:36 AM by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
Uh oh.
To: Reagan ManCoakley is pro-life?
32 posted on Friday, January 22, 2010 12:31:32 AM by Lancey Howard
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To: Lancey HowardBrown is pro-abortion.
You didn’t know? ;^)
33 posted on Friday, January 22, 2010 12:34:42 AM by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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Well, bang goes his application, then!
Seriously - what right-wing nutcase could have anything bad to say about the man who gave the GOP a 41-seat majority in the Senate?
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Glenn Beck Destroys Scott Brown: “This One Could End With A Dead Intern”
Mediaite ^ | 1-20-10
Posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 12:58:31 PM by My Favorite Headache
You won’t see TV Glenn Beck touch the things that Radio Glenn Beck sometimes says, as he edges toward Howard Stern levels of comedy and tone.
Today he absolutely obliterated Scott Brown over the ‘my daughters are available’ comment, going so far as to suggest Brown could be a secret pervert.
Brown got over-excited and particularly creepy when he declared his daughters “available” during an improvised portion of his victory speech tonight. It was awkward – and it wasn’t immediately cleaned up.
“Bad enough,” said Beck after he played the initial comment. “Hey my two daughters on the meat market!”
If he had made the comment, said Beck, his daughters would “never have spoken to me again,” and his wife? “Collection of my parts in drawers scattered throughout my house.”
After Beck played more of the clip, making his own commentary throughout (including a reference to the infamous Cosmo spread), he took the whole thing to the next level. “I want a chastity belt on this man,” he said, while his producer tried to justify Brown’s comments. “I want his every move watched in Washington. I don’t trust this guy…This one could end with a dead intern. I’m just saying, it could end with a dead intern.”
Classic. The whole conversation ends with Beck issues some well-wishes to Brown. “Congratulations, let’s monitor him,” he said.
Maybe Beck will be Keith Olbermann’s Best Person In The World tonight!
Video at link:
http://www.mediaite.com/online/glenn-beck-destroys-scott-brown-this-one-could-end-with-a-dead-intern/
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To: My Favorite HeadacheWhatever.
2 posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 1:00:13 PM by Woebama (Never, never, never quit)
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To: My Favorite HeadacheGlenn Beck = open mouth, insert foot. WOW Glenn, you really blew it with that statement.
6 posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 1:01:24 PM by Sarah Barracuda
Christ on a cracker - do you nutjobs change your heroes every single week?? Pick one and stick with them once in a while.
And , no, Reagan doesn't count.
To: My Favorite HeadacheHis Pat Robertson moment.
11 posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 1:03:00 PM by GOP_Party_Animal
Pat Robertson? That nutcase you used to champion in the "Moral Majority" days? Like I was saying.....
To: WoebamaI like Beck and watch him nearly every night but sometimes he gets over the top with his middle of the road comments.
This about Brown is just stupid, no wonder this party can never get it right when we even have a couple of posters on here or talk shows hosts putting down a guy who has just win an historic win and could stop obama and his radical agenda
For once can the republican party just come together and stop denouncing our own.
We go on about comments by the Dems but they stick with their own as soon as say Newt has been caught cheating it is not the Dem forcing him out but our owneven if we win both houses and the white house we’ll mess thing all up again like we always do
16 posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 1:05:05 PM by manc (WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/THE LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
One can only hope that enough of you will forget to use the code words to keep you from winning anything..
Well, when push comes to shove,Free Republic posters can close out that disturbing outside world where people just don't understand what it's like to be an old white man in America and bond together.
They can always take comfort in their camaraderie and shared values and common......WTF????
Did FreeRepublic assure Obama's election? (Vanity is my favourite sin.)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242352/posts ^ | Racehorse
Posted on Monday, January 11, 2010 1:20:04 PM by Racehorse
Edited on Monday, January 11, 2010 2:42:23 PM by Admin Moderator. [history]
To: Jim RobinsonObama was elected because many of you myopic posters followed throgh to a promise not to vote for what you perceived to be a RINO.
Fools.
Pleased with what you got in return for sitting at home?
And dontcha just love the "white wash" malapropism?
To: RacehorseI did NOT sit at home, moron. You just wake up 13 months later and decide to post this trash? My vote is PRIVATE. Who the hell are you to castigate me? You really need to get a life.And for your information your RINO-boy McLame would have lost by another 20 million votes had Palin not been on the ballot! She saved his ass from an even bigger embarrassment!
19 posted on Monday, January 11, 2010 1:24:41 PM by Doc Savage (SOBAMP!)
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To: RacehorseThe Republican Party and Democratic Party have the same masters. Everyone wants to play tug of rope when it is a no win situation.
People here act like Bush was not a war criminal,
(?!?!??)
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To: RacehorseAll nine million freepers sat at home. If they would have all voted for McCain he would have still lost the popular vote and likely the electoral vote too.< /sarcasm on number of freepers>
32 posted on Monday, January 11, 2010 1:27:33 PM by KarlInOhio (Gore is the fifth horseman of the apocalypse. He rides an icy horse bringing cold wherever he goes.)
I get the sarcasm tag. There are around 20,000 Free republic registered members, tops.
That's all.
I can find more people who thought the Cowboys were going to the Super Bowl.
More people that that went to freaking Dragon Con, fer chrissakes.
To: world weary; Racehorse
"First you kill off all the other races, then you start killing off all the other religions, then you start killing off the left-handed people, then you start killing off each other over the length of your crew cuts, until finally, there's one person left - and no doubt that crazy son-of-a-bitch will attack the mirror."
And now, ladies and gentle people - I present Free Republic and the batshit-insane wing of the GOP, neatly boiled down into one hard little bolus of a post:
To: Racehorse
Well, let's clamp the lid back on the sounds of Freepers knifing each other over their relative purity and "conservative" credentials, and store this particular bubbling drum of toxic waste in the correct place.
I'm thinking Lake Baikal.
Oh - as promised last night, some Goggie and Kitteh blogging.
Bailey and Brillo, the two ugliest goggies in existence, deciding that this fireplace thing is just Jake with them:
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The two remaining kittehs (I sold Sunny for medical experiments) - Precious Kitty on her throne, and Kingsford the Krafty on his way to skulking somewhere or other:
And finally - my darling wife got very excited with the thunderous 1 1/2" snowfall this Christmas and decided to make a pocket-sized snowman on the patio table.
It just didn't come out quite the way she thought it would, however ( much to the delight of family and friends gathered at our home that day)
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Ladies and gentle people - without further ado, I proudly present to you -
The Snow Penis!
One of the first blog-based books, the anthology Special Plans examines Feith's role in misleading America into war. Buy from 
More people that that went to freaking Dragon Con, fer chrissakes.
My favorite statistic on TeaBaggerCon this past weekend is that with an estimated six hundred attendees, there are nine Furry conventions which draw a larger crowd.
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Posted by: daryljfontaine | February 08, 2010 at 09:15
Re Biblical Citations on gun scopes: Even if we weren't using these in the Middle East and are trying to convince Muslims we aren't in a war against them I would still be upset by the practice. After all, wasn't the Christ's message about peace and being at peace with the world, other people and therefore God. Gun scopes and the guns they are on are meant to be used to hurt and kill people. Not exactly Christian, I'd say.
Posted by: PurpleGirl | February 08, 2010 at 09:39
LAZR KITTEH IZ CHARGIN
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Posted by: Athenae | February 08, 2010 at 09:45
How can you justify putting a Christian message on a gun scope ?
How can you argue with the Freeper logic: Because some Muslims are terrorists, they should all be killed.
(Uh, because some Freepers are criminals, they should all be locked up. Yeah, now THAT sounds like a good idea).
Posted by: MapleStreet | February 08, 2010 at 10:29
My favorite statistic on TeaBaggerCon this past weekend is that with an estimated six hundred attendees, there are nine Furry conventions which draw a larger crowd.
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That reminds me - http://community.livejournal.com/confurvatives
Posted by: Tommy T | February 08, 2010 at 17:20
The idea to put references to bible verses on the gun scopes was idiotic because it reinforces the idea that US forces are Crusaders in the Middle East, intent on attacking Islam. This provides further anti-US propaganda and aids the recruitment of current and future jihadis to attack the US. Of course if you're in the business of selling military equipment, promoting endless war is simply good business.
Posted by: Leper | February 08, 2010 at 18:06
So, there’s a choice: a) weird sex (furries)? b) no sex (abstinence only)? Where do people come down? OK, I won’t follow this train of thought any further, but I’m not surprised.
--Kibitzer
Posted by: Kibitzer 2006 | February 09, 2010 at 01:44
Boy, that was hard to parse. I think the tenor of the message is that Sarah should sup a tot of perosn, mixed with facts, while cursing. No, that doesn’t make sense. OK, it’s a Freeper, maybe that’s what he/she meant.
--Kibitzer
Posted by: Kibitzer 2006 | February 09, 2010 at 02:06