I really look forward to fp’s “rants” to cut through the general BS of the topic. (I almost miss the troll just to hear freepatriot’s take downs).

I just want freep to be okay, and healthy.

Those of us who are sick to death of bullshit and corruption need help smacking down the volumes of bullshit that ‘5,000,000 missing emails’, and ‘Syriana’ portend. And heaven only knows, freep’s got one righteous sense of justice. Just want him healthy enough to help move things forward.

… white album… mushrooms… ‘fatties’… does take a person back aways…
Just want freep to be in good health.

His righteous sense of outrage and desire for justice always do me good.

I still enjoy the “white album” and loved “The Old Man and the Sea”.

I thought the guy who named the “Iron Curtain” seemed to have done a pretty good job during the war.

Even Timothy Leary took some of the psychological tests he wrote when they imprisoned him.

Don’t get me started on the only true original American music.

Just think how much better off the world would be if chimpy had not “quit” (yeah, sure he’s still dry).

My HS class had the highest college grad rate in the country, and probably the highest LSD consumption rate while they were still in High school.

On the negative side, the “lightning war” would have been a little slower if it hadn’t been “speeded up”; but even the “Rent-a-Generals” would admit it was impressive.

The frozen man they found in the mountains had an interesting mushroom on his belt (maybe he WAS too distracted to see that glacier coming).

I was amazed to have a guy I knew pull out a “fatty” and share it a few days before his 105th birthday, at his apartment after he got off work.

’tain’t personal; I still love your posts and appreciate your contributions, but I really look forward to fp’s “rants” to cut through the general BS of the topic. (I almost miss the troll just to hear freepatriot’s take downs).

No siffin’ the adheasive, fp.

…now what was I talking about?

You once commented about … ‘illegal substances’ and then you vanished. So I’m making ONE comment — and one only — specifically for you. But it applies to all of us, and this place is all about transparency, so it’s a public comment.

Ingesting, smoking, inhaling, or otherwise allowing ‘illegal substances’ into your bloodstream — where they travel straight to your brain — makes about as much sense as lifting the top of your skull off and pouring battery acid straight onto your cerebral cortex. Pulling stupid shit like that is toxic; knock it off.

You have a good mind, and you’re curious.
You’ve got too damn many brain cells to fry them stupidly.

Eat right.
GET EXERCISE.
Stay curious.
Then go get MORE exercise.
You need to be done with ‘the tile environment’ and move on with your life.

Your mama didn’t raise you to waste your brain.
Use it.

This is my last comment on this topic.

I can’t wait until we have a candidate so we can start tearing McCain and his stupid policies up since the moron MSM will never figure out what they are.

Quick to use the military to start wars as a way to energize the economy, unlike risk-averse business types who controlled the Republican party, Democrats were still weary following the global conflicts in the 40s. The Democratic party president who preceded Eisenhower had some interesting postwar contemplations to offer at WestPoint during his respective final year in office as president in 1952, Truman’s formal address transcript is there.

When Bush addressed WestPoint it was 2006, timed well prior to the elections that year, and he invoked Truman, by this juncture the Republicans having adopted many formerly Democratic party strategems in a sequence of 2 Republican led wars in Iraq. But is interesting that Bush’s talk proffers a very sparse picture of the proportion of the military in his political agendas; the transcript is there.

This week the Department of defense announced promotion of Petraeus to responsibilities wider than Iraq; but the DoD leadership has undergone a lot of change since its days of Rusmfeld leadership ended in the immediate aftermath of US nationwide elections in 2006.
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*Eisenhower managed to express his stark chagrin at the looming problem of commercialization of the military, but the date on which he delivered that speech was during 1961 the final year of his tenure in the presidency. One transcript is there.

Let’s hope Ike Skelton and Carl Levin don’t let it go at that. A nice reply would be “We understand. But I hope you understand that we can’t move forward on senior DOD promotions — like Petraeus’ new post — until we get some answers.”

“Now we have Mullen and Gates beating the drum against the Iranians. I have been traveling a lot lately in my own country and it is clear to me that many, many people in the USA are not in a position to resist propaganda spread in the MSM and by people like Mullen and Gates. “Guns of August?” Or maybe some other month? pl”

make that thirtysomething years back

did I ever mention that the 80s are kinda blurry for me ???

Great white kills California[n] swimmer

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/25/usa2

Fortunately, the AP story the Guardian republished as its homage to summer bathing (and the 33rd anniversary of Jaws) is more accurate:

It was unknown what kind of shark was involved.

Solana Beach is 23 kilometres (14 miles) north-west of San Diego.

The last fatal shark attack in California, according to data from the state department of fish and game, took place on August 15 2004, in Mendocino County at Kibesillah Rock. A man who was skin diving for abalone was bitten by a white shark.

Overall, shark attacks are extremely rare. There were 71 reported worldwide last year, up from 63 in 2006. Only one attack, in the South Pacific, was fatal, according to the University of Florida.

The disconnect between headline accuracy and the facts in the underlying article is likely to increase as the political season progresses.