TheAnvil

If those Left Leaning Liberals at Fox weren't giving the democratic presidential enough free air time with their debates, now the Leftmedia rears its head again. Though not FoxNews this time. http://www.nethercuttforsenate.com/download/GNLetterAd-SeattlePostInt2.pdf It seems the Seattle Post-Intelligencer didn't exactly do him any favors as of late. Looks like he has struck back. Beers to all! Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

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News sites: FoxNews CNN NewsMax (on occasion; quite right) BBC (on occasion; very anti-Bush) WashingtonTimes NewsDay.com Commentary: boortz.com - BEST! REALLY good stuff here. townhall.com - good stuff here too OpinionJournal I watch FoxNews primarily at home but make it a point to catch some CNN every week too. News Magazines: Foreign Affairs The Economist Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

Breathe deeply and just relax. They put their pants on one leg at a time, just like you do. That 'imagine everyone in their underwear' trick never really worked too well for me. A few tips: - don't be scared to say 'I don't know' or 'Could you let me think on that and we'll come back to it later?' or something of the sort. More impressive than babbling. - eye contact is critical. do not talk to the ceiling. If a person asks you an initial broad based question, ensure that he/she gets the majority of the eye contact during your answer (if the answer is involved enough) but ensure you make eye contact with at least two or three of the other members as well. Preferably all, if time allows. For follow up questions, maintain eye contact with that person for most of the answer, using your peripheral vision to check the interest of everyone else. Don't let any of them go for too long without looking them in the eye. - Body language. Twitching/tapping your foot, tapping fingers on the desk, fidgeting, etc are a no-no. - 'um' is something a lot of people say to stall. Many people say it too often and sound like idiots. 'hmm' is preferable, but still bad form if done too frequently. Good luck. Beers, Vinny Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

TheAnvil will arrive mid-day Saturday.

You mean the republican party I don't care. It's a stupid metric conjured up by someone on a Bush hate site. Even if it were conjured up by the RNC it would still be a stupid metric. Even if it weren't stupid - and it is goat-f&#! stupid - women can serve in the military and have been able to do so for years. It's stupid - I don't care. Call them that if it makes you feel better. talk radio slams. The left has tried talk radio repeatedly and failed - for numerous reasons. Therefore they really really really hate conservative talk radio hosts. Call them vile all you want - for true hatred go read Michael Moore or Al Franken. Or read democraticunderground.com or any of the other myriad of Bush hate sites. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

Call him 'cavalier' if you like - just don't expect me to agree with you. While I remain baffled as to the Iraqi-centric foreign policy the administration chose to pursue, I don't consider its attitude cavalier. If you do - good for you. Agreed. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

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You quoted virtually the entire chickenhawk site in your post. Since the site LOVED to mention all of the democratic senators who are military veterans and heralded them as proof of the superior patriotism of the left, here's a current breakdown as of 7 October: Democrats: 1. #Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI) U.S. Army 1945-47 2. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) Army Reserves 1968-74 3. #Thomas Carper (D-DEL) U.S. Navy 1968-1973 Navy Reserve 1973-1991 4. Jon Corzine (D-NJ) USMCR 1969-1975 5. Thomas Daschle (D-SD) U.S. Air Force 1969-72 6. Christopher J. Dodd (D-CT) Army Reserve 1969- 75 7. Tom Harkins (D-IA) U.S. Navy 1962-67 Navy Reserve 1968-74 8. Ernest F. Hollings (D-SC) U.S. Army 1942-45 9. Bill Nelson (D-FL) U.S. Army 1968-1970 10. Frank Lautenburg (D-NJ) U.S. Army 1942-46 11. #Daniel Inouye (D-HI) Medal Of Honor U.S. Army 1943-47 12. Jim Jeffords (I-VT) U.S. Navy 1956-59 Navy Reserve 1959-1990 13. Tim Johnson (D-SD) U.S. Army 1969- 14. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) U.S. Army 1951-53 15. #John Robert Kerry (D-MA) U.S. Navy 1966- 1970 16. Herb Kohl (D-WI) Army Reserve 1958-64 WHOA! 16! If you're sharp, you'll realize I left one out (as an honor to him). And Bartcop didn't even mention them all! Now, lets look at the REPUBLICANS in the Senate. The REPUBLICAN Senators who are military veterans: 1. Larry Craig (R-ID) National Guard 1970-72 2. Thad Cochran (R-MS) U.S. Navy 1959-61 3. Conrad Burns (R-MT) USMC 1955-57 4. #Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO) U.S. Air Force 1951-53 5. Robert Bennett (R-UT) National Guard 1957-61 6. Michael Enzi (R-WY) Air National Guard 1967-73 7. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) 8. #Chuck Hagel (R-NE) U.S. Army 1967-68 9. Richard Lugar (R-IN) U.S. Navy 1957-60 10. #John R. McCain (R-AZ) U.S. Navy 1958-81 *POW Vietnam 1967-73 11. Frank Murkowski (R-AK) US Coast Guard 1955- 1957 12. Don Nickles (R-OK) National Guard 1970-76 13. James M. Inhofe (R-OK) U.S. Army 1954-56 14. Pat Roberts (R-KS) U.S. Marine Corps (1958- 1962) 15. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) Army Reserves 1973-86 16. Arlen Specter (R-PA) U.S. Air Force 1951-53 17. #Ted Stevens (R-AK) Army Air Corps 1943-46 18. Craig Thomas (R-WY) U.S. Marine Corps 1955- 1959 19. #John R. Warner (R-VA) U.S. Navy 1945-46 Marine Corps 1950-52 Marine Corps Reserves 1952-1964 And last, but not least, we have the BEST democrat left in this country, the GREAT Zell Miller (D-GA) Marine Corps 1953-1956 Now, I am SHOCKED, just SHOCKED to tell you that the nice little bartcop sight didn't mention that there are more Republicans who have served in uniform than Democrats that have done so in the Senate. SHOCKED. The sight also forgot to mention the lefty senators who were busy at school to serve, though it did mention several republicans derisively. Here are some senators 'too smart to die' as he puts it, that bartcop left out: Baucus MT Bayh – IN Biden – DE Conrad – ND Durbin- IL Dorgan – ND Johnson – SD Leahy – VT Levin – MI I think there are others, but my point is made. Being a veteran is always commendable. The # of veterans in a particular party is interesting to note, but really not worth much. People change once they leave the service. But since you brought it up, 19(20)>16. So according to the websites skewed and totally incorrect metric, that would make Senate Republicans more patriotic than Senate Democrats by their demographics. I think that metric is stupid - wouldn't you agree? So now it's the no extrication plan gig. 'We didn't want to go there without the UN, but now that we're there, there's no extrication plan!' The left's moaning used to be about not having full western level power/electricity/sewage/water/police services to Basra and Baghdad two days after entering. Now it's the lack of extrication plan. Kucinich sure has one! Boy, what a GREAT idea that would be! The PLAN is obviously to stabilize that nation then gradually withdraw. Despite what Comrade Rather and the other talking heads spit out, progress over there is both tangible and increasing with every week. There is no set timetable yet nor should there be until an overall status assessment is made - probably sometime mid-way through next year the initial (reliable) one will come out. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

Baby steps! Glad you've recovered thus far! Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

They're so adept at that, aren't they? Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

I agree dude. Good comments. The left is desparate these days and is looking for any attack ammo. The 'naive nine' and their attack machines are doing more to harm that party in the long run than they realize. hehehehehehehehehe. BTW - Bill isn't a total left-winger at all. Though he does lean left, he's not totally out there by any stretch of the imaginaton. He even likes Nuke Power.

- Halliburton has contributed $$ to democratic campaigns - union contributions to democrats dwarf those you mentioned in your post - even the monetary ones alone - Halliburton has a history of gov't contracts pre-Cheney; it will post-Cheney as well - I don't like the awarding of non-competition contracts in any circumstance, but sometimes it's necessary - The average donation to the Republican party is a less than US$500 gift from private individuals; I think it might even be less than $250. To my knowledge, the Dem's won't release theirs. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

You have flowers your kitties haven't destroyed yet? Hope you feel better soon!

PIMSLEUR is expensive, but I think the best. Vinny the Anvil

Oh Jeanne. Do you actually think I don't know about Bush's oil stock trades and ENRON? And I just recently found that website documenting TeddyK's shennanigans - I wrote a paper on that in undergrad; read all of the newspaper articles from the time period. The website DOES do a nice job though. With regards to his oil company stock trades, just a few weeks after he sold out, the stock was even HIGHER than when he sold it - look it up. He really screwed those shareholders didn't he? The company is still in existence today. Some moron wrote a lie-filled GWB resume with that as one of the 'bullets'. It's on one of those GWB hate-sites. There are so many. Enron. We right leaning folks know that the left is going to be spouting and spouting and spouting off at the mouth about this. That's why we're so ready for you! #14 - that's the # of time Ken Lay spent the night at the White House under eveyone's favorite perjurer. Expect to hear this # everytime the left uses 'ENRON' as a battle cry in '04. We know that no federal agency is tasked with auditing the books of all corporations for accounting shennanigans. We know that the President doesn't have the authority to shut down the markets and artificially set stock prices. So when Waxman et al bring their idiotic comments to bear - how nice of them to say such things publicly - we realize they are either too stupid to be in office or cowards hiding behind lies to mislead the masses. Most people who use the ENRON battle cry in '04 wouldn't know a FASB from a frisbee. I read the website. Very cute. Inaccurate on occasion, tenuous assertons, and many quotes out of context, but cute. But then again I'm not yet the young and tender age of 37. Perhaps when I reach that age I'll understand it better. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

And you accuse me of spin. I point out everyone's favorite Harvard expelee and El Jefe Clintonista because they are revered by the left so much. I actually like Al Sharpton much less, even though he IS one of the more impressive candidates the left has to offer. Those left leaning liberals on Fox have him on O'Reilly and Hannity and Colmes so often, despite his 'blood sucking Jews' comments of the past. So Clinton's intellect is admirable and Bill Bennett's and Armey's is not? Then again, look at how the left treats Bennett vs Clinton. Perjury=OK. Gambling with your own money legally on your own time=bad. Hmmmm.... Harvard MBA - you know that school that TeddyK was thrown out of for cheating? Because he wasn't bright enough to pass the test? Como estas con la Senorita Kopechne, Senor Kennedy? Un mas cerveza antes del manehar? You say this, yet I've read Clinton's letter to that ROTC unit commander. Oh so brave. They were alive? Really? You know this? Then why didn't they bail out? Incapable? Hit perhaps? What caused the smoke? A bird perhaps? Tail gunner flatulence? You have NO tenable argument here whatsoever. Note to Jeanne: Airplanes are not ships. Try again. Based on an untenable argument - therefore ignored. If you want to see cowardice, ask any of the leftist leaders if they support racial discrimination of any sort. Or just listen to them lie about ohhhh tax cuts causing deficits, gun control laws stopping crime, Bush causing Enron/WorldCom or the latest flu epidemic, or whatever other lies they care to come up with. More leftist spin/drivel. You've monitored Cheney's working hours? I thought all of you were IRATE at his WORKING for Halliburton - where he made millions. Again - like your Bush Sr comments - untenable. But having a completely untenable argument never stopped you before - try again. And Clinton's 'intellect'..........?????? Hmm...slamming all of these SMART republicans. Oh so nice. Have you seen what BS keeps people out of the military medically? I have. Or read about the draft boards? I have. Or talked with anyone about the draft boards? I have. Your supposed 'damning data' doesn't work on me or anyone else who has done so either. But keep saying such things if it makes you feel better. I thought you were slamming BUSH for the Air Guard a bit ago. Make up your mind. But OH! Gephardt is a UNION owned man so he's OK, right? Do you honest to God think me so ignorant I haven't read about Gore's 'service'? LMFAO. Yes, Mr. Kerry. How was Dewey Canyon? What did you do with those ribbons there, Mr. Kerry? Then whose are those on your desk, Mr. Kerry? Ahhh....tell us Jeanne, where was our beloved TeddyK in '51 prior to joining the Army? Donde? Donde? Donde? Bwaaaaahahahahahahaahaaaaa. Thanks for their service. Odd that their politics are so skewed they get so few military votes, isn't it? There are reasons for that - the military has standards......... republicans and libertarians don't care what color anyone is. Nice. See my previous comments. Keep talking if it makes you feel better. Really? He met with Saddam Hussein, the leader of a country engaged in a war with Iran at the time? A country the USSR was avidly trying to get into its sphere of influence - minor thing called the Cold War; you might have heard of it. Tell us Jeanne, which country was it that stormed our embassy and held our embassy staff and their families hostage? Which one was that? Oh! I know! IRAN! How could I forget that? Why would Mr. Rumsfeld want to meet with such a person for any reason? Why, I wonder? Tea and crumpets? Do you really WONDER why we question the leftist grasp of foreign policy? Oh goody. More deferment drivel. Defer doesn't equal evade. Again - see my earlier comment. But, it does fill up the space. Let's keep going... Oh boy that was fun! Let's keep going! Hmmmm....did we see EVERYONE who got a deferrment or did not serve? NO! I wonder why? Oh - list some heros then slam Powell. Oh , but the left has to slam him, don't they? After all, those evil Republicans hate minorities SO much they occupy SecState and NSA right now! Both occupants must be slammed as hypocritical, cruel, uncaring, and etc... goody goody goody....this negates what, exactly? Oh, 37 year olds are so young and so stupid. So so young and stupid. That's why the minimum age to be POTUS is 35. Try again Jeanne - I'm well read on the issue. If you consider LYING like a coward about Judge Bork, holding the record # of judicial nominee holds, and space doesn't allow me to list the rest as serving them well - hey! Good on you. yes. and as I said before, i'm well read on the issue. Your shock 'spin' doesn't hold water, but if it makes you feel better, keep saying that. Spin, spin, spin and more spin. Misleading the masses who know no better - the hallmark of the left. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

I didn't know Ted Kennedy was Commander in Chief and sending our boys in harm's way. Since you didn't answer my question, I'll refer you to the following:http://www.ytedk.com TedK isn't the Commander in Chief, you are correct. The Harvard expelee is the Lefty point man on education, blocking judicial nominees, and many other issues. Elected how many times to the US senate? What a man to have as a party leader. Arguably the most powerful democratic senator in congress. You never read Bubba's letter to the ROTC unit commander? Tsk tsk tsk. Nice reading. Perhaps I'll find it for you. Compare and contrast TeddyK's 19 July 1969 incident and GWB's anytime you like. Do so in front of Mr&Mrs. Kopechne next July. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

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What was Ted Kennedy doing in July 1969 while GWB was at Moody AFB? (I assume your post is correct) On the 19th perchance? If those screaming about the supposed irregularities in Bush's NG service hadn't elected everyone's favorite Harvard expelee to congress repeatedly, we might have paid them more attention when they brought this up. How does this compare with Clinton's military record? The election of El Jefe Clintonista is actually the reason the content of your post (I assume it's correct; too tired to pick it apart) didn't weigh into the minds of any swing voters all that heavily. Hard to slam evading military service in Vietnam when you elected an admitted draft dodger in the previous two elections. Horrible strategy. But not as bad as the one the socialists have underway now. McGovern-Mondale hybrid there for the most part. Ooooooooh boy. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

Hello Bill and Jeanne - Jeanne - only if LIEberman runs would they switch. Or if they watched none of the debates. 'Tis the concepts of personal responsibility, not caring what color anyone is nor supporting any program that does so, concept of achievement, merit based rewards, and and knowledge of foreign policy - among other things - that primarily makes the military lean right. Especially in its officer corps. LIEberman has told so many whoppers both in his last run and in the course of this primary that I doubt many would do so, even for him. The best thing that could happen for the Republicans is MAXIMUM exposure to the 'naive nine' as Zell Miller (D-GA) refers to them. Their positions on Iraq alone - LIEberman excepted - would drive any who served over there to cast their vote elsewhere Bill - you nailed it there in some respects dude. We HAVE been there for a while. Unlike Iraq, we don't see the billions flowing there for investment and such. Granted, Afghanistan never had as high level/modern an infrastructure as Iraq but that doesn't mean ignore it. I don't see or hear about as organized of a guerilla resistance to coalition occupation there either, but your point is pertinent. What the hell ARE we doing? What is the status of progress there? I'd like to know. Lot's of differences betwn Vietnam and there too. Tons. But that's an area of foreign policy that hasn't been too publicly commented upon. If there have been great successes, they should be touted (I did see that Ms. Afghanistan competed in some nit-wit beauty pageant somewhere). The lack of publicity leads me to believe there's not, but I haven't been reading as much as of late. Beers, Vinny

Dude - I agree with you almost in total. But maybe that dude was just looking for a skydiver of the same faith to go to a synagogue with or something of that nature. Or just curious. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

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I don't think this will be another Vietnam. Too many differences. Culture of the nation in question, COMINTERN support, # of casualties in comparison, and many other factors. I hope we learned our lessons there with regard to guerilla warfare and apply them, but in some cases as far as I can surmise we're doing so. We've been in Iraq a relatively short time. We shall see. I'll be looking for Democrats comparing this to Vietnam in many respects during the next election cycle, though, you can bet the house on that. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!