akarunway 1 #1 August 19, 2004 THIS GONNA BE SOOOOO ENTERTAINING Published on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 by Ted Rall NYC to GOP: Drop Dead by Ted Rall Tourists are pleasantly surprised when New Yorkers act as friendly and polite as the people back home in Maybury. However, delegates to this month's Republican National Convention shouldn't expect to be treated to our standard out-of-towner treatment. The Republican delegates here to coronate George W. Bush are unwelcome members of a hostile invading army. Like the hapless saps whose blood they sent to be spilled into Middle Eastern sands, they will be given intentionally incorrect directions to nonexistent places. Objects will be thrown in their direction. Children will call them obscene names. They will not be greeted as liberators. Well aware that it is barren soil for their party's anti-urban, anti-immigrant, anti-feminist, overtly racist ideology, Republican leaders have wisely avoided New York City as a convention site for the past 150 years. Even as the rest of America turns red, we New Yorkers remain as liberal as the people's republic of San Francisco: fewer than 18 percent of the citizens of New York's five boroughs (which include relatively conservative places like Staten Island) cast ballots for Bush/Cheney in 2000. But White House strategist Karl Rove sees the continued exploitation of 9/11 for partisan political gain as Bush's key to victory in November. That means bringing the big bash three miles north of the hole where the Twin Towers used to stand, where most of the victims of 9/11 were burned, suffocated, impaled and pulverized. Making hay of the dead is also the point of this confab's timing. The 2004 Necropublican National Convention is being held a full month later than normal, from August 30 to September 2. The original plan was to have Bush shuttle between Madison Square Garden and Ground Zero for photo ops to coincide with the third anniversary of the September 11th attacks. Bush's visits to the Trade Center site were quietly canceled a few months back after 9/11 survivors expressed revulsion at the idea. But it was too late to change the date. Anti-Republican sentiment is rising to a fever pitch here as the dog days tick down to the dreaded affair. A poll cited by the local ABC affiliate shows 83 percent of New Yorkers don't want their city to host the RNC. And many of them are planning to do something about it. Rejecting ex-mayor Ed Koch's call to "make nice" with the party that used the deaths of 2,801 New Yorkers--most of them Democrats--for everything from tax cuts for the rich to building concentration camps at Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib to invading Iraq to enrich Dick Cheney and his fellow Halliburton execs, some groups are encouraging liberal-minded New Yorkers to volunteer for the city's squad of official greeters. Creatively altered maps of streets and subways will be handed out to button-clad stupid white men. Other saboteurs wearing fake RNC T-shirts will direct them to parts of town where Bush's policies have hit hardest. Rumor has it that prostitutes suffering from sexually transmitted diseases will discourage the use of condoms with Republican customers. Anywhere between 250,000 and 1,000,000 anti-Bush demonstrators are expected to hit the streets of Manhattan, but the city and protest organizers can't agree on where to put them. Activists say they'll direct marchers to Central Park, their preferred site; city officials are threatening mass arrests if they do. Adding to the already combustible Chicago '68 vibe is a possible wildcat strike by city cops and firefighters. And now, as if everyone concerned wasn't already tweaky, FBI agents are traveling around the United States, to harass members of leftist groups planning to protest the New York RNC. Strikebreaking policemen and private security personnel may be able to keep the protesters away from the convention hall. But Republicans who venture outside the Garden deserve the abuse ordinary New Yorkers will likely inflict upon them. True, the Administration eventually coughed up the $20 billion aid package Bush promised the city after 9/11. But that sum--equal to the cost of occupying Iraq for four months--barely made up for such disaster-related expenses as police overtime, debris removal and rebuilding damaged subway stations and tunnels. New York's economy hasn't even begun to recover. As the nation's official unemployment rate hovers at six percent, the city's runs around eight. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a Republican, opposes virtually every Bush Administration decision concerning New York City. Even viler than Bush's urban neglect is his failure to avenge the World Trade Center victims as he pledged to do on 9/14, dusty firefighter helpfully posing under his arm on The Pile. After 9/11, Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden were in Pakistan. They and the Taliban received funding from Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. The 19 hijackers, organized by Egyptian Islamic Jihad, were Egyptian and Saudi. But Bush didn't attack Pakistan, Saudi Arabia or Egypt. He went after Afghanistan and Iraq instead, nations that had nothing to do with 9/11 but offered business opportunities for GOP-connected oil concerns. Incredibly, he siphoned more money and arms to the Egyptians, Saudis and Pakistanis. Not only did Bush let the terrorists get away, he raised their allowance. If today's GOP retained a shred of the dignity and patriotism that it once possessed as the Party of Lincoln, it would have dumped Bush in favor of a candidate more interested in defending America than his wealthy contributors. Republicans are neofascists now, and that's why New Yorkers good and true will be yelling at them to go back home.I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimbo 0 #2 August 19, 2004 I stopped reading when I got to this line: QuoteWell aware that it is barren soil for their party's anti-urban, anti-immigrant, anti-feminist, overtly racist ideology, Bah. Trash. - Jim"Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheAnvil 0 #3 August 19, 2004 Look at the author. Referring to our soldiers as hapless saps. Lying Liberal Coward Rall shows what an ass he is yet again.Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rushmc 23 #4 August 19, 2004 I keep forgetting that the libs are the inclusive party Thanks for reminding me"America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydyvr 0 #5 August 19, 2004 QuoteI keep forgetting that the libs are the inclusive party Thanks for reminding me Most liberals are extremely inclusive, as long as you agree with their line of thinking. Otherwise, most commonly, they get pretty caustic. . . =(_8^(1) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rushmc 23 #6 August 19, 2004 QuoteQuoteI keep forgetting that the libs are the inclusive party Thanks for reminding me Most liberals are extremely inclusive, as long as you agree with their line of thinking. Otherwise, most commonly, they get pretty caustic. Yep, It is a good thing we have them around so they can tell us how we should think"America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #7 August 19, 2004 Quote I stopped reading when I got to this line: QuoteWell aware that it is barren soil for their party's anti-urban, anti-immigrant, anti-feminist, overtly racist ideology, Bah. Trash. - Jim He did call it out true though - but only at one city in particular - he called it the "People's Republic of Sanfrancisco"I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #8 August 19, 2004 QuotePublished on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 by Ted Rall NYC to GOP: Drop Dead In what periodical was this article published? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akarunway 1 #9 August 19, 2004 Todays Drudge report. Imagine thatI hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kennedy 0 #10 August 19, 2004 I guess it's my turn to tear this thing apart line by line. QuoteThe Republican delegates here to coronate George W. Bush are unwelcome members of a hostile invading army. Sorry, the coronation for Dubya is scheduled for January. QuoteLike the hapless saps whose blood they sent to be spilled into Middle Eastern sands, So the men and women who serve are now "hapless saps?" Quotethey will be given intentionally incorrect directions to nonexistent places. Objects will be thrown in their direction. Children will call them obscene names. They will not be greeted as liberators. So liberals are willing to treat fellow citizens like members of an enemy military? Nice. QuoteWell aware that it is barren soil for their party's anti-urban, anti-immigrant, anti-feminist, overtly racist ideology, Republican leaders have wisely avoided New York City as a convention site for the past 150 years. Anti-urban = wanting people to fix up their own city? Anti-immigrant = worker visas & easing border control? Anti-feminist = recognizing that there are some differences between men and women? that women deserve the same rights, not more? overtly racist = opposing race based admissions to school? opposing race based government hand-outs? QuoteEven as the rest of America turns red, we New Yorkers remain as liberal as the people's republic of San Francisco: fewer than 18 percent of the citizens of New York's five boroughs (which include relatively conservative places like Staten Island) cast ballots for Bush/Cheney in 2000. Typical liberal "inclusion": "we count the people who vote for us, and agree with us, and that's it." He left out the fact that more of NY state is turning red, as well. "Let's count the urban populatoin center and ignore the rest of the state." (just like Illinois) I wonder what percent of NYC voters Staten Island makes up. I bet it's less than 18%. QuoteBut White House strategist Karl Rove sees the continued exploitation of 9/11 for partisan political gain as Bush's key to victory in November. That means bringing the big bash three miles north of the hole where the Twin Towers used to stand, where most of the victims of 9/11 were burned, suffocated, impaled and pulverized. Not going to reply except to tell the author he is as ass. QuoteAnti-Republican sentiment is rising to a fever pitch here as the dog days tick down to the dreaded affair. A poll cited by the local ABC affiliate shows 83 percent of New Yorkers don't want their city to host the RNC. And many of them are planning to do something about it. Few people ever want a convention, because it screws up their daily routine. I wonder what constitutes "many" for this guy out of his 83%. I'm guessing about 1%. QuoteRejecting ex-mayor Ed Koch's call to "make nice" with the party that used the deaths of 2,801 New Yorkers--most of them Democrats--for everything from tax cuts for the rich to building concentration camps at Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib to invading Iraq to enrich Dick Cheney and his fellow Halliburton execs, some groups are encouraging liberal-minded New Yorkers to volunteer for the city's squad of official greeters. Creatively altered maps of streets and subways will be handed out to button-clad stupid white men. Other saboteurs wearing fake RNC T-shirts will direct them to parts of town where Bush's policies have hit hardest. Rumor has it that prostitutes suffering from sexually transmitted diseases will discourage the use of condoms with Republican customers. Again, beneath contempt and reply. I can't be bothered with the rest of the article as it too is complete mindless drivel. Good luck to anyone who wants to read the whole thing in one sitting.witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akarunway 1 #11 August 19, 2004 I'm trying to keep my fingers off the keyboard but I just can't help myself. Let's see what happens. Either way. I've been a card carrying republican all my life BUT Bush needs to go. I wanna see chaos and anarchy. Let's have some real funI hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kennedy 0 #12 August 19, 2004 I think John wanted to know where it was originally published. Drudge isn't exactly in the online magazine business.witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheAnvil 0 #13 August 19, 2004 Good post dude!Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #14 August 20, 2004 I heard it on NPR this morning. What dumbasses. Let's screw with them, but we'll tell them everything we'll do to screw with them. If they wanted fun like that, they should have hijacked mapquest. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,120 #15 August 20, 2004 >Lying Liberal Coward Rall shows what an ass he is yet again. But . . . but . . . . you say it's funny when Coulter does it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #16 August 20, 2004 Quote I stopped reading when I got to this line: QuoteWell aware that it is barren soil for their party's anti-urban, anti-immigrant, anti-feminist, overtly racist ideology, Bah. Trash. Jim Exactly. If you'd read further, you would have seen this: "Rumor has it that prostitutes suffering from sexually transmitted diseases will discourage the use of condoms with Republican customers." Apparently, diseased prostitutes tend to be Democrat sympathizers as well. Not that I didn't already suspect... --Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #17 August 20, 2004 QuoteThe 19 hijackers, organized by Egyptian Islamic Jihad, were Egyptian and Saudi. But Bush didn't attack Pakistan, Saudi Arabia or Egypt. Oh, let me see, if Bush had attacked any or all of these counries, Democrats would have supported him, because it would have meant he was going after the terrorists in earnest? Yeah, right. --Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #18 August 20, 2004 Quote>Lying Liberal Coward Rall shows what an ass he is yet again. But . . . but . . . . you say it's funny when Coulter does it! Ann Coulter tells liberal lies? I remain skeptical. --Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheAnvil 0 #19 August 20, 2004 Do you really want me to compare and contrast Ann Coulter's vitriolic prose vs. Ted Rall's? Pick your Coulter article. Coulter went to the Dem Convention and frequently appears to face her opponents live on TV. Actually, she's a far better writer than speaker, speaking of her on TV. Think Rall will pass out his cartoons to the 75th Ranger Regiment? Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,120 #20 August 20, 2004 >Actually, she's a far better writer than speaker, speaking of her on > TV. Yes, I remember one such bit of work where she wished that terrorists would blow up the NY Times building shortly after the Oklahoma City bombing. Class act, that woman. She's right up there with Howard Stern in that department. > Think Rall will pass out his cartoons to the 75th Ranger Regiment? Think Coulter will go on one of her anti-Muslim diatribes on a street in Iraq where we have brought peace and freedom? Think she'll tell the local cleric that he should be killed and his followers forcibly converted to christianity, as she has said in the past? Somehow I have a feeling she'd be on the first plane back to NY, so she can get back to bashing New Yorkers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #21 August 20, 2004 QuoteClass act, that woman. She's right up there with Howard Stern in that department. Would that be the Howard Stern that liberals championed because they thought a vast right-wing conspiracy was silencing his freedom of speech? --Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #22 August 20, 2004 This is the biggest load of crap I started (and ended very quickly) reading. _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akarunway 1 #23 August 20, 2004 This is the biggest load of crap I started (and ended very quickly) reading. __________________________________________________Just wait. They are saying now a million protesters. I would not live in that god forsaken city if you paid me. I can't wait. I'll be glued to the TV.I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #24 August 20, 2004 Hell, even I have to agree with you on that front Chris. I started reading, then skipped to the end and decided, as we say over here.."Pish, its chist a pile o'shite".-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #25 August 20, 2004 QuoteQuote I stopped reading when I got to this line: QuoteWell aware that it is barren soil for their party's anti-urban, anti-immigrant, anti-feminist, overtly racist ideology, Bah. Trash. Jim Exactly. If you'd read further, you would have seen this: "Rumor has it that prostitutes suffering from sexually transmitted diseases will discourage the use of condoms with Republican customers." Apparently, diseased prostitutes tend to be Democrat sympathizers as well. Not that I didn't already suspect... - Well - yeah - cuz welfare works for them like "Hukt on Foniks werked for mee"I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
