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[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
A) retalitory job action for non-job related reasons-
B) sense of entitlement
C) rich daddy

I'd say he's pretty far left- this is Kennedy-like

You won't get fired. You can be my admin assistant.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
He's just rich, not from his own efforts. Nearly all rich kids are assholes like that. Strongest argument I can think of for 90% or higher estate tax.

I'm rich? Not much, Sugar Bear.

[sgtclub]

Originally posted by taxwonk
I didn't criticize you as to content. I figure your perception is as valid as anyone else's.

Wasn't directed at you.

[sgtclub]

Originally posted by megaloman
I'm fairly new but insulted nonetheless. Perhaps you feel threatened by a real conservative?

Yes, you scare me.
I thought you were Slave?

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by taxwonk
I'm rich? Not much, Sugar Bear.

Then your daddy won't be firing anyone.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by sgtclub
Yes, you scare me.
I thought you were Slave?

I think Megaloman goes on the list about where Penske would be.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
I'm not his donut. I'm my own donut.

Is there a type of donut shaped like a figure 8? Or am I hallucinating from the sugar in the grande mocha with shot of raspberry syrup? The starbucks guy tried to put that strawberry goop in it -- gross. And he neglected to give me my pastry. I'm not sure if I offended or if he's just still high from last night.

Nope, you're not hallucinating. There's even a name for them, I think, "coffee crullers"? Or something like that.

Strawberry goop is gross. I'm sure the barrista was just bothered by the break-up of Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I think Megaloman goes on the list about where Penske would be.

Since Penske is in about 42 places, that doesn't offer much precision.

Hold the champagne. I suppose it's a credit to our intelligence services that they got the information that she worked for a communist paper down to the roadside checkpoint level.

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March 4, 2005
U.S. Forces Fired on Car Carrying Freed Italian Hostage in Iraq
By REUTERS

Filed at 4:03 p.m. ET

BAGHDAD, March 4 (Reuters) - Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena was freed by her captors on Friday but U.S. forces in Iraq mistakenly opened fire on the convoy taking her to safety, wounding her and killing an Italian secret service agent.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he had immediately summoned the U.S. ambassador, declaring someone had to take responsibility for American soldiers opening fire.

Berlusconi, one of U.S. President George W. Bush's staunchest supporters in Iraq, told a news conference the agent had been shot dead by U.S. forces at a checkpoint and that Sgrena had been wounded in the shoulder.

In Washington, the Pentagon said "multinational forces" had opened fire on a speeding vehicle in Baghdad, causing the death and wounding Sgrena.

"This news which should have been a moment of celebration, has been ruined by this firefight," said Gabriele Polo, editor of Sgrena's Il Manifesto paper, a Rome-based Communist daily.

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by ironweed
Hold the champagne. I suppose it's a credit to our intelligence services that they got the information that she worked for a communist paper down to the roadside checkpoint level.

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March 4, 2005
U.S. Forces Fired on Car Carrying Freed Italian Hostage in Iraq
By REUTERS

Filed at 4:03 p.m. ET

BAGHDAD, March 4 (Reuters) - Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena was freed by her captors on Friday but U.S. forces in Iraq mistakenly opened fire on the convoy taking her to safety, wounding her and killing an Italian secret service agent.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he had immediately summoned the U.S. ambassador, declaring someone had to take responsibility for American soldiers opening fire.

Berlusconi, one of U.S. President George W. Bush's staunchest supporters in Iraq, told a news conference the agent had been shot dead by U.S. forces at a checkpoint and that Sgrena had been wounded in the shoulder.

In Washington, the Pentagon said "multinational forces" had opened fire on a speeding vehicle in Baghdad, causing the death and wounding Sgrena.

"This news which should have been a moment of celebration, has been ruined by this firefight," said Gabriele Polo, editor of Sgrena's Il Manifesto paper, a Rome-based Communist daily.

Somewhere in the naked city, Eason Jordan is doubtlessly drinking himself into a stupor.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by ironweed
Hold the champagne. I suppose it's a credit to our intelligence services that they got the information that she worked for a communist paper down to the roadside checkpoint level.

hehe.

Additional relevant description from CNN:

• According to a multinational forces statement, the car approached the checkpoint at high speed about 9 p.m. (1 p.m. ET)
  
  U.S. troops "attempted to warn the driver to stop by hand and arm signals, flashing white lights, and firing warning shots in front of the car," the statement said. "When the driver didn't stop, the soldiers shot into the engine block, which stopped the vehicle, killing one and wounding two others."

Of course, had they known they were italian, it would have appeared to be normal driving, and unworthy of concern.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Gattigap
Somewhere in the naked city, Eason Jordan is doubtlessly drinking himself into a stupor.

You think it was intentional? That's some ballsy charge right there Gatti.

Martha got out okay today. No reported shooting.

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
You think it was intentional? That's some ballsy charge right there Gatti.

No. It's humor.

Even if it's not the official life preserver, you think the drowning man wouldn't reach for that piece of flotsam?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
hehe.

Additional relevant description from CNN:

• According to a multinational forces statement, the car approached the checkpoint at high speed about 9 p.m. (1 p.m. ET)
  
  U.S. troops "attempted to warn the driver to stop by hand and arm signals, flashing white lights, and firing warning shots in front of the car," the statement said. "When the driver didn't stop, the soldiers shot into the engine block, which stopped the vehicle, killing one and wounding two others."

Of course, had they known they were italian, it would have appeared to be normal driving, and unworthy of concern.

I wonder how involved the Italian forces were in the preparation of that statement. And why was the secret service guy in the engine block? That turns out to have been a dumb place to hide.

[mmm3587]

They use pretty heavy ammunition at those roadblocks; people get killed and injured just by the shrapnel and other shit that comes out of an engine after you blast twenty rounds of .50 caliber or whatever into it.