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2005-05-20 Europe

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Posted by 3dc 2005-05-20 12:10|| || Front Page|| [11136 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Marine guards have M-16s, don't they?

Posted by Mike">Mike 2005-05-20 12:26|| 2005-05-20 12:26|| Front Page Top

#2 "USA watch your back, Osama is coming back"

Wow, that even rhymes. Very impressive.

Posted by Xbalanke 2005-05-20 12:40|| 2005-05-20 12:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Cowards hide their faces. Nothing more needs to be noted.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-05-20 12:45|| 2005-05-20 12:45|| Front Page Top

#4 They keep protesting about "desecration of the Koran", and I'll have to show them desecration!

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-05-20 12:49|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-05-20 12:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Hmmmmmm. We have this long story from The Observer in February...

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1406987,00.html

about Mr. Mubanga's internment at Guantanamo and not once does the subject of the dreaded Koran abuse come up. He is however a helluva poet...
Dem labelled me a
terrorist
Calling me a thug.
Dem labelled me a terrorist
Calling me a slug... But I never did join bin Laden's crew anyway And now me know to be a Muslim is a hard core ting...
And I got no love for the American government
Dey can go suck and I don't mean peppermint.
Now hear da bombs drop
As de Muslim babies, dem a die,
Now hear de bombs drop
As de Muslim mothers dem a cry
Now hear de bombs drop
As de Muslim soldiers dem a fly
Why? Because dey no want fe die.

Is that State Poet of New Jersey job still open?

Posted by tu3031 2005-05-20 13:03|| 2005-05-20 13:03|| Front Page Top

#6 I wish they would .... off to where they came from.

Posted by Shistos Shistadogloo 2005-05-20 13:31|| 2005-05-20 13:31|| Front Page Top

#7 More than 200 people have gathered outside the US embassy in the London to demonstrate against what they call systematic and institutionalised abuse of the Quran.

Even if "systematic and institutionalised abuse of the Quran" had happened (which it didn't), it seems it was an isolated event (like Abu Gharib). So I guess using their logic, 200 protestors represents the highest form of "systematic and instituionalised" moonbattery, eh? Lock and load, boyz! Headin' for European heartland now, are we?

Posted by BA">BA 2005-05-20 14:20|| 2005-05-20 14:20|| Front Page Top

#8 Here's more at at this link

Posted by ex-lib 2005-05-20 15:29|| 2005-05-20 15:29|| Front Page Top

#9 About 100 people have been taking part in a noisy protest over the alleged desecration of the Quran outside the U.S. Embassy in London.

Translation: "We Muslims are stupid enough to believe all the negative stuff we hear, regardless of who says it and regardless of whether they have any credibility or not."

Many in the crowd covered their faces with scarves, the Press Association reported.

Hah, what a bunch of phuquing cowards. Even the protest-happy leftoids here in the U.S. don't do that.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-05-20 15:45|| 2005-05-20 15:45|| Front Page Top

#10 Are there no fire hoses?...

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-05-20 15:48|| 2005-05-20 15:48|| Front Page Top

#11 All we have to do is put up a barricade of korans around the embassy and the respect of the mooselimbs for their sacred text will prevent them from crossing the force field. If only they had known about the powers of Allan's word at the Iranian embassy.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-05-20 16:18|| 2005-05-20 16:18|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Get Real TROLL 2005-05-20 17:47|| 2005-05-20 17:47|| Front Page Top

#13 Hate hate hate, your all as bad as each other

Oh no! It's those big, bad, mean and nasty Americans!

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-05-20 18:07|| 2005-05-20 18:07|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Get Real TROLL 2005-05-20 18:13|| 2005-05-20 18:13|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Get Real TROLL 2005-05-20 18:15|| 2005-05-20 18:15|| Front Page Top

#16 Has it really left? Hooray! Tea and little cakes (or something stronger for those of you who prefer it) to celebrate!

Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-20 18:17|| 2005-05-20 18:17|| Front Page Top

#17 Is there a gas leak or something?

Posted by Pappy 2005-05-20 18:43|| 2005-05-20 18:43|| Front Page Top

#18 How many Qurans were burnt or destroyed in the World Trade Center?

I won't even go into Bibles here...

Posted by True German Ally 2005-05-20 19:16|| 2005-05-20 19:16|| Front Page Top

#19 No, Get Real,
If anyone is shipped off to an Island with Islamists, it will be the likes of you who are too chickenshit to defend yourselves and your families. Let's see how long you, with your kumbaya delusions, can keep your head attached and your nine year old daughter's virginity intact in the face of those who worship Mohammed.

Posted by ed 2005-05-20 19:32|| 2005-05-20 19:32|| Front Page Top

#20 is teh korran menshen anythin bout idolatry?

Posted by muck4doo 2005-05-20 19:58|| http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/]">[http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/] 2005-05-20 19:58|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Get Real TROLL 2005-05-20 20:05|| 2005-05-20 20:05|| Front Page Top

#22 Get Real,
I've done my time overseas in Korea and Okinawa, though in the 70's. You can be assured I checked about re-upping after Sept. 11, but the armed forces don't want an old non-lifer like me.

If you are American, what have you ever done defend her? Did you sympathize with Osama bin Laden and thought "Hey, he has his points, though I could never be so crude about it". At what point will you defend yourself, your family, your country? Or are you one of those despised extasy loving, birkenstock wearing, Chardonnay sipping, relying on your betters to defend you, pacifist pussies?

If you are a smug European, then you will soon have your chance to fight the muslims in your homeland. I have bad news for you. The slaughter of WW2 will look like a skirmish and there are a lot of reinforcements just to the south. I suggest you train, prepare, and read up on the muslim campaigns of conquest, such as occurred in Afghanistan/India in the 1200's. If you are too smug or lazy for it, read up on the fate of present day Christians in southern Sudan. That is your "I won't fight them" fate.

Posted by ed 2005-05-20 20:47|| 2005-05-20 20:47|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Get Real TROLL 2005-05-20 21:01|| 2005-05-20 21:01|| Front Page Top

#24 get real - your attempts at relevance sound like bleating, get help

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-05-20 21:12|| 2005-05-20 21:12|| Front Page Top

#25 soon you'll be a muslim, get real, people like you are pushovers not like the americans. we're going to make you one of us. all of you.

Posted by Mahmoud 2005-05-20 21:16|| 2005-05-20 21:16|| Front Page Top

#26 Here is an article (not a complete list) talking about seven congressmen with children serving in the armed forces. Given the age distribution of congressional children (older than average), I remember reading that congressional kids served in a higher percentage that the general population. If I find the cite, I will post it.

Get Real. What is your nationality? Did you serve? How many of your friends served? Is there a point where would you fight?

Posted by ed 2005-05-20 21:20|| 2005-05-20 21:20|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Get Real TROLL 2005-05-20 21:25|| 2005-05-20 21:25|| Front Page Top

#28 What does it matter how many "Senators kids" are htere?

I went - I served, I put my life on the line. I continue to serve although now as a civilian.

You didn't server, and those of your ilk refuse to do so, you're too much of a coward.

You have liberty, but only at the price your betters pay.

Woe to you the day the bill comes due and guys like us are not around to keep you from having to pay it in blood.

Posted by OldSpook 2005-05-20 21:28|| 2005-05-20 21:28|| Front Page Top

#29 You were offered a chance to exchange information, views, and to debate. But you don't have the balls to engage in a minimal exchange of information. I have taken your measure and you have been found wanting. Goodbye Euro-pissant. Try to hold onto your neck as long as you can.

Posted by ed 2005-05-20 21:30|| 2005-05-20 21:30|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Get Real TROLL 2005-05-20 21:33|| 2005-05-20 21:33|| Front Page Top

#31 I just wish, just once, that someone at one of these little get-togethers the Muslims hold in London would stand up and shout, in a Drill-Sergeant bellow, "Comp'ny, fix bayonets!".

Of course, I hope the Mayor of London can take a joke, and will kindly clean up all the c$$$ that cascades down "brave" Sir Mohammed's leg...

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2005-05-20 21:49|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2005-05-20 21:49|| Front Page Top

#32 Real, old bean,

If you're a citizen of the United States, you have the freedom to spew your bile here because my great-great-yada,yada,yada grandfather Charles Weatherford fought the British in Georgia and South Carolina in the 1700,s and again during the War of 1812 - at one point against his own grandson.

You have your freedom because another ancestor of mine fought against Mexico in 1846, and another fought against Spain in the Philippines in 1898. You have the right to rattle your yap because my grandfather fought at the Marne in 1918, and my father fought at the Bulge in 1944. Finally, you're still a free man today because I and my dozen or so cousins helped fight the Cold War, including some of the "hot" segments, like Korea, Vietnam, Grenada, and Panama.

There are several dozen retirees on this site that would gladly have gone to Afghanistan or Iraq, except the military decided in its infinite wisdom that we're "too old, too fat, and too slow". We'd love to join the border patrol protecting our borders, if the government would have us.

Now, what have YOU done to ensure freedom in this country? What sacrifices have you made? I can count 31 dead family members dating back over the 250 years of history my ancestors have lived in this country.

I believe the highest calling of any soldier is to honor the words of Thomas Jefferson, that people have the right to live under a government of their choice, and fighting to help them achieve that goal is noble, right, and honorable. I believe that's what we're doing in Afghanistan and Iraq. I believe that's what we did in Korea, and tried to do in Vietnam, before the US government turned its back on an ally.

You can believe what you wish, but unless you can walk the walk, don't try to talk the talk.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2005-05-20 22:01|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2005-05-20 22:01|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Get Real TROLL 2005-05-20 22:19|| 2005-05-20 22:19|| Front Page Top

#34 I bet you would turn the other way.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-05-20 22:28|| 2005-05-20 22:28|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Get Real TROLL 2005-05-20 22:40|| 2005-05-20 22:40|| Front Page Top

#36 "Get Real" simply doesn't quite have a grip on reality, nor any strategic vision. Just like the typical shallow kids that have come after us. For shame, for shame. (they don't even know what shame is, either)

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-05-20 22:43|| 2005-05-20 22:43|| Front Page Top

#37 entertain me, get real.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-05-20 22:47|| 2005-05-20 22:47|| Front Page Top

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