"Armed Forces" in 175 countries? Whoa.

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Monday February 07, 2011 · 6:45 AM PST

2011/02/07 · 06:45

I first heard this during the World Cup this past summer. I think it was from the ESPN feed, and not even with the US team playing. The not-exact quote was: "A warm welcome to our men and women in the Armed Forces in 175 countries around the world." I remembered the "175", and heard it on one more World Cup broadcast before the "greeting" was revised, subsequently a welcome without the number.

Then, during the World Series, in at least the first game, the same announcement, to me word for word, still with the 175 number.

Then last night, on the Super Bowl, the announcer repeated the same welcome, with the same 175 number.

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Thursday September 10, 2009 · 2:43 PM PDT

2009/09/10 · 14:43

Let me repeat that: A Colonel, in the United States (our) Army, called the Commander in Chief of the United States forces, which are engaged in two wars, a liar. On national television. Even though the Colonel mostly served in a National Guard capacity with the great state of South Carolina, that Colonel took an oath, a several-layered oath, to protect the Constitution and obey the Commander in Chief.

The Colonel is retired, but his oath is not. By tradition it never is.

Our officers are men of honor, as my late father, grandfather, and many cousins will attest. When I was in the service, enlisted man that I was, I felt that honor. And the chain of command was visceral and to be respected. And it had teeth.

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Tuesday August 11, 2009 · 10:30 AM PDT

2009/08/11 · 10:30

Recent public informationhas be released documenting the number of elderly people in Alaska who have died because of the lack of implementation of certain "elder care" policies by the Palin administration. 254 Alaskans died, mostly under her watch, out of a population of 686,293.

Extrapolation can put things into perspective for a big city boy like me. Last September 1,500 Anchorage, Alaskan women turned out and rallied against Palin on women's rights; in NYC, population to population, this translated to a nice-sized rally of 44,798 people.

Let me introduce something called "arithmetic." It has to do with multiplying and dividing: If Palin were your governor, find out the the number of people in your state (the google is good, no?) who would be dead in your state (- works for towns, too, and apartment buildings!) Multiply that number by .00037 (254/686,293), and wonder of wonders, your own personal death ratio! Here's a couple of freebies: California, 13,603. NYC, 3,071.

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These people make me vomit. You?

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These people make me vomit. You?

Yes

12 votes

Yo, Obama: Come to Times Square. We'll fill it UP.

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Tuesday October 21, 2008 · 7:07 AM PDT

2008/10/21 · 07:07

Barack Obama should come to Times Square in New York City to close out his campaign. If he comes at 4 or 5 o'clock on a weekday,I personally guarantee that rain or shine, he will have the largest turnout of any event of his campaign. We will dwarf the German turnout, the great Missouri crowd the other day, Orlando yesterday,the Denver acceptance speech, and act as a bookend for the great Anchorage rallies of last month.

Contrast the enthusiasm for the Obama campaign with the ugliness of the Bloomberg/Giuliani-style Republicanism we here have been subject to for the last fifteen (!) years. This is our opportunity to take back the streets of New York.

We want a chance to participate in history. We want our kids to experience the rush and the joy, the comraderie that comes with a show of togetherness, a consolidation of feelings of New York people, Americans from around the country, the international tourists. We can show the people around the world that this campaign covers the big city, the small town and every place in between.

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A Times Square rally?

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A Times Square rally?

I'm there.

52 votes

Can't make it, but the spirit is with youse.

49 votes

BREAKING: Obama smacks back at Bush: False!

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Thursday May 15, 2008 · 8:25 AM PDT

2008/05/15 · 08:25

The AP through Yahoo has the quick Obama response to President George Bush's "false political attack," in front of Israel's Knesset, no less.

http://news.yahoo.com/...

Three things come immediately to mind; First, in front of people who have a certain relationship to Hitlerian abuses, why, er, bring it up? Then, Bush quotes a US Senator from 1939 about talking to Hitler and stopping the war, leading me to ask, "Was the senator's first name Prescot?"
Lastly, Obama ain't gonna be 527'd, I guess. He'll actually take on the very powerful, I guess.

Sorry for the short Diary, but no Open Thread now up. I'll delete if broader discussion comes up.

Calling out Chelsea Clinton: Don't Both-Way Us.

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Saturday February 16, 2008 · 9:16 AM PST

2008/02/16 · 09:16

Chelsea Clinton, as reported in today's NY Times, http://www.nytimes.com/...

gave a February 8th political speech to Bowdoin College students. I believe she is open to serious criticism because of her comments, and because she is a player in a serious contest. As the Times states, she "could make a difference."

What got me most annoyed in the report was Ms. Clinton's(Chelsea's) response to a question about Mrs. Clinton (Hillary) as to why Hillary showed no remorse for voting to support the war.

Responded Chelsea:

"She cast a vote based on the best available evidence. Perhaps you had clairvoyance then, and that’s extraordinary."

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Friday February 15, 2008 · 7:13 AM PST

2008/02/15 · 07:13

February 15, 2003, remember? Cold as hell, crystal clear 9/11-type day, but the march was on. We met friends up at Central Park South and 59th (There's Jerry Springer!) and marched over towards First, where the demo was supposed to be. We couldn't believe how crowded it was, jammed on all cross town streets, Third Avenue jammed, Second Avenue closed off, people streaming uptown, uptown, uptown, looking for a street where the cops would let us cross over to First, where the demo was supposed to be. We walked up to 80th Street, and finally over to First. First was jammed, down to 47th where the platform and the speakers were, and we could see up as far up as 86th, jammed.

We were with the nurses, and the CUNY teachers, all jammed in with scattered folks like us, all pissed off and afraid that these crazy bastards were going to go to war. Again.

There were hundreds of thousands of people, probably closer to a million. The Times initially reported "tens of thousands," later called it "more than 300,000." Fox News called us "the usual suspects." (more)

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Thursday June 07, 2007 · 11:04 AM PDT

2007/06/07 · 11:04

I saw former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan Tuesday at a "corporate thing" in Florida. He was the keynote speaker, which gives you an idea as to the weight of the corporates in attendance.

He is a consultant now, of course, and hasn't changed much in appearance or presentation. And he made no appologies, as you may expect.

He gave a good rundown of the MSM take (parroted, in my opinion) on all the candidates, with praise for the Republicans, as is to be expected. Who makes the finals? Who wins it? Follow me:

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As the Republicans strategize to pick their opponent:

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As the Republicans strategize to pick their opponent:

They are most affraid of Al Gore

79 votes

They are most affraid of Hillary

18 votes

They are most affraid of Obama

22 votes

They are most affraid of Edwards

28 votes

They consider someone else as the candidate to be marginalized

2 votes

Dems: DON'T. STAND. UP.

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Sunday January 21, 2007 · 9:00 PM PST

2007/01/21 · 21:00

Doesn’t it just bug the hell out of you when the Democrats stand and give George Bush ovations during the State of the Union message? Bush mentions something benign and flag-wavy, the Republicans jump to their feet screaming, and the cameras pan the hall as the Democrats gradually get to their feet and applaud along.

Email your Rep and tell them to stay seated. The symbolism can be strong, especially over seas, where our image as a democracy has been savaged.

Exceptions for Reps: Stand when the President of the US enters the hall. Don’t applaud, don’t boo, just bow your head in silent recognition of the "Worst President Ever." And stand when he leaves; you are permitted to turn your back so you don’t have to see the next kiss....more...

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Should Reps stand to show respect for THIS President?

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Should Reps stand to show respect for THIS President?

Yes. Painful, but yes.

15 votes

No. I would sit.

103 votes

Symbolism means nothing in this case.

6 votes

Maloney (D., NY) On the March: "Follow Murtha's Lead"

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Saturday April 29, 2006 · 3:21 PM PDT

2006/04/29 · 15:21

Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D., NY), my Representative, was walking with the marchers in Manhattan today. I noticed her walking with the rest of us, with one aide, and she was willing to discuss and open about her position on the war.

I asked her what was being discussed in Congress as the best way out of this mess, and she said the Murtha approach made the most sense to her.

We spoke briefly about the "Fighting 69th," and how proud she was of the local guys' and gals' service in Iraq. She mentioned their mission of protecting the airport road in Baghdad, and the 16 deaths protecting it. I mentioned that I had read reports that the road was named "Irish Road" in memory of the bloodshed of the soldiers from Lexington Avenue. flip.. Read More

O'Reilly? O'Reilly wrote this? THAT fucking O'Reilly?

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Saturday April 22, 2006 · 9:41 AM PDT

2006/04/22 · 09:41

Something's going on. The "reality based" community (you and me as representative) is scratching its head. Can Bill O'Reilly finally be getting at least a part of what is driving this country down the shitter? Can Mr. Ideology (to be kind) finally be coping with the obvious, and has the obvious finally become too, like, obvious for even the most far-out wingnuts not to recognize it?

Consider O'Reilly's latest [http://www.billoreilly.com/...]column on two of my favorites: Exxon and its former CEO Lee Raymond - "I think he's a greed-head", says Bill. I believe that what the Republicans, Exxon, Citicorp, Wal-Mart and their ilk represent is a distortion of capitalism; with Bush as its enabler, we are losing the broad-based economic battle, difficult to summarize here, but back to Bill.

What the American oil companies are doing is exploiting the uncertainty in the world. Every time the nutty Iranian government threatens to kill the Jews or the Americans or whoever, speculators bid up the paper price of a barrel of oil.

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Filibuster and Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Abandoning a Hero

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Saturday January 28, 2006 · 1:15 PM PST

2006/01/28 · 13:15

Ruth Bader Ginsburg has consistently defended the Constitution. She has put herself up on a daily basis as a protector of what's right in America. Imagine if you will going to work every day and facing Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, and John Roberts. They snicker at your ideas. They sleep through your presentations. They belittle you through surrogates in the press. They laugh at you in duck blinds.

And she has consistently stood up for every basic civil right protected by the Constitution. She is a hero. She puts an immediate human face on what will happen if Samuel Alito joins the gang of three. Put yourself in her shoes for a moment.

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