Patting the wrists, rolling the eyes. - Page 15

Bad_Rich_Chic · 03-14-2005, 08:01 PM

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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Bitch, please. I will buy you an expensive bottle of pinot noir if you can find a post where I said that. I think you are confusing me with your other wackadoo friend named Tyrone.

http://www.lawtalkers.com/forums/sho...701#post161701

Tell your evil twin Tyrone that I like Clos de Tart.

Gattigap · 03-14-2005, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Bitch, please. I will buy you an expensive bottle of pinot noir if you can find a post where I said that.

No Merlot?

Tyrone Slothrop · 03-14-2005, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
http://www.lawtalkers.com/forums/sho...701#post161701

Tell your evil twin Tyrone that I like Clos de Tart.

No, you need to find a post where I did the whackadoo "it's all about making Halliburton and Bush's oil cronies rich" thing.

Quote:

Originally posted by L.A. Clippers fan and Billy Crystal pal Gattigap
No Merlot?

No.

SlaveNoMore · 03-14-2005, 08:31 PM

and now, anti-Jordan rallies in Iraq:

Iraqis hold anti-Jordanian protests over bombing
By Michael Georgy

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Thousands of Iraqi Shi'ites protested on Monday after hearing reports that relatives of a Jordanian suicide bomber suspected of killing 125 people in the town of Hilla celebrated him as a martyr.

After breaking into the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad and tearing down the flag, protesters called on all foreign Arabs to leave the country and denounced Jordan's King Abdullah.

Anti-Jordanian sentiment has been spreading since Iraqis read newspaper reports that Jordan's Raid al-Banna blew himself up beside people lining up for jobs in the Shi'ite town of Hilla last month in the single bloodiest attack in postwar Iraq.

Al Qaeda's wing in Iraq, led by Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, claimed responsibility for the blast.

The Iraqi government said in a statement it strongly condemns "the expressions of joy" exhibited by the family of Banna, who it described as a terrorist.

"Prime Minister Iyad Allawi spoke to the prime minister of Jordan personally today and asked him for a clear answer regarding the family's activities as the reports are affecting relations between the Iraqi and Jordanian people," it said.

Most of the demonstrators were members of the Shi'ite Muslim majority newly empowered by Jan. 30 elections that stripped minority Sunnis of privileges enjoyed under Saddam Hussein.

Hundreds protested in Baghdad and thousands took to the streets of Najaf, spiritual home of the Shi'ites.

Iraqi government officials say Sunni Muslim militants from countries such as Jordan, Syria and Saudi Arabia are carrying out suicide bombings against Shi'ites in a bid to stoke sectarian tensions and spark a civil war.

So far, Shi'ite leaders have urged their followers to show restraint. The protests were the biggest outpouring of Shi'ite fury over Sunni insurgent attacks that have killed thousands.

In Amman, state news agency Petra quoted Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez as saying Jordan stands by the Iraqi people in their struggle against terrorism targeting innocent civilians.

But attempts to defuse growing anger over Hilla and other violence had little impact in the streets of Baghdad and Najaf.

Near the Najaf home of Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric who has always urged moderation, protesters waved posters mocking King Abdullah.

"We call on the Iraqi government to close all Arab embassies," said a protestor in Baghdad's Shi'ite Sadr City district as others yelled "No to Syria."

Petra quoted the Jordanian interior ministry as saying that the journalist who ran a story saying a Jordanian had carried out the Hilla bombing was arrested for publishing false information that harmed the country.

His paper, al Ghad, ran a correction on Saturday saying Banna's family denied he carried out the Hilla bombing and said they were only told he had undertaken an insurgent mission.

Whether Banna was the bomber or not, the demonstrations underscored growing Iraqi frustrations with a security crisis that shows no sign of easing.

Iraqis had hoped that the elections would deliver a new government with a plan to tackle suicide bombings, kidnappings and beheadings plaguing their country.

But politicians have been wrangling for weeks, with the main Shi'ite alliance and a Kurdish coalition expected to form a government deadlocked in negotiations as violence rages.

A suicide bomber blew up his car at an Iraqi police and army checkpoint south of Baghdad on Monday, killing two policemen and two civilians in the town of Yusufiya, local police said.

In the northern city of Mosul, the U.S. military said two Iraqi civilians were killed in fighting between insurgents and American troops in a helicopter.

Gunmen killed an Iraqi cameraman working for a Kurdish television station in Mosul, a Kurdistan Television official said. Hussam Habib was kidnapped 12 hours before he was killed.

"They tried to use Hussam to guide them to other employees, but he refused and they fired four rounds at him in front of passers by," station manager Akram Suleiman said.

(Additional reporting by Khaled Oweis and Reuters Television in Baghdad and Sami Jumaili in Kerbala)

Tyrone Slothrop · 03-14-2005, 08:55 PM

Here's a Libertarian Purity Test.

Tyrone Slothrop · 03-14-2005, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Here's a Libertarian Purity Test.

I got an 11. "You are starting to have libertarian leanings. Explore them."

If that means I have to read Ayn Rand, pass, thanks.

Gattigap · 03-14-2005, 09:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Here's a Libertarian Purity Test.

Your score is...

10

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What Your Score Means

6-15 points: You are starting to have libertarian leanings. Explore them.

Uh oh.

Club, can I interest you in coming to the next meeting? "Fair trade" means unregulated!

SlaveNoMore · 03-14-2005, 09:05 PM

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Tyrone Slothrop
I got an 11. "You are starting to have libertarian leanings. Explore them."

If that means I have to read Ayn Rand, pass, thanks.

I got a 59. "You are a medium-core libertarian, probably self-consciously so. Your friends probably encourage you to quit talking about your views so much."

I think your score, Ty, is less about reading Rand, and more about putting down the Karl Marx.

ltl/fb · 03-14-2005, 09:08 PM

War is murder!

I didn't take the test because it didn't even have some questions where answering "no" made you more libertarian and answering "yes" made you less so. I find that tiresome.

Sexual Harassment Panda · 03-14-2005, 09:12 PM

"While I am on hiatus from [sic: kicked out of] the White House briefing room, I'm going to post the question I would have asked had I been there. It will be interesting to see if anyone else asks it."

March 11, 2005

"Terri Schiavo, a brain-damaged woman in Florida is due to be starved to death now that a judge will allow her husband to remove the feeding tube that has been keeping her alive. The President's brother, Gov. Jeb Bush has been trying to prevent this from happening. The President has the absolute power to grant pardons. Will he intervene to save Terri Schiavo from what is essentially a death sentence?"

Discuss.

Anarchocapitalist Man · 03-14-2005, 09:27 PM

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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Here's a Libertarian Purity Test.

103!

(91-130 points: You have entered the heady realm of hard-core libertarianism. Now doesn't that make you feel worse that you didn't get a perfect score?)

If I wasn't militaristic and against increased immigration of homicide bombers and their ilk I would have had the perfect score.

FEAR ME!

ANARCHOCAPITALIST MAN!

Anarchocapitalist Man · 03-14-2005, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sexual Harassment Panda
"While I am on hiatus from [sic: kicked out of] the White House briefing room, I'm going to post the question I would have asked had I been there. It will be interesting to see if anyone else asks it."

March 11, 2005

"Terri Schiavo, a brain-damaged woman in Florida is due to be starved to death now that a judge will allow her husband to remove the feeding tube that has been keeping her alive. The President's brother, Gov. Jeb Bush has been trying to prevent this from happening. The President has the absolute power to grant pardons. Will he intervene to save Terri Schiavo from what is essentially a death sentence?"

Discuss.

George W. Bush should be wondering whether or not his constituency might determine that it is morally permissible to exercise "vigilante justice" against government leaders who oppress the free will of the people!

Sexual Harassment Panda · 03-14-2005, 09:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Here's a Libertarian Purity Test.

I got a 20. Soft-core.

My favorite question - "Should the law itself be privatized?"

sgtclub · 03-14-2005, 09:41 PM

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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I got an 11. "You are starting to have libertarian leanings. Explore them."

If that means I have to read Ayn Rand, pass, thanks.

43 - credentials are obvious and will become more extreme as time goes on.

Hank Chinaski · 03-14-2005, 10:01 PM

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Originally posted by sgtclub
Well you seem to suggest that unless we can draw a straight, uninterrupted line between the events in Iraq and the events in Lebannon/Syria, it is laughable to suggest that one had any effect on the other.

And IMO, it is not just limited to the events in Iraq. It's also the President's general themes of freedom and democracy which he has repeated over and over again, and the events in Ukraine, Afganistan, Israel/Pali, Egypt (though I recognize these are very modest), and other places.

It's like the Libya concessions- okay it hadn't anything to do with people thinking Bush mioght actually stand up for what he says- the changes had been coming for sometime, then again in Egypt and Iraq and Lebannon and ? At some point all this couldn't have "been coming for awhile" or just coincidence- could it Ty?