Still Hating America.

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
So the Government finally caved and is allowing larger selection of symbols to be placed on the headstones of fallen soldiers who are burried in National cemetaries.

I scrolled through the new list, happy to see that the Wiccans finally had their way (), when I noticed this:

CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST (Cross & Crown) Not shown because of copyrights.

and

MUSLIM (Islamic 5 Pointed Star) Not shown because of copyrights.

Hank, you're an IP lawyer. Explain.

Should any of you have reason to be in a position to select an image for my government issued tombstone, go with the Humanist Emblem of Spirit:

Have they authorized this one yet?

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Hank wanted me to cite some blogs, so I poked around a little bit and found this one. I hadn't listened to Rush Limbaugh before, and now I see what I've been missing. I must admit, he's got some good lines:

• "The only question I have about Sheryl Crow is, what is she going to do about the excrement for brains that she has? And these people wonder why Karl Rove has no desire to talk to them?"

Thing is, though, he seems a little obsessed with poop hygiene.

• "Sheryl Crow, let me just warn you about something: if you actually try this -- only use one square of toilet paper for every bathroom visit -- the only thing you're going to be attracting in the next couple of days is flies."
  
  "If it could be shown that Al Gore and Rosie O'Donnell will only use one square of toilet paper, then I'll join this club. But the dirty little secret is I have a bidet. I've never figured out how to use the stupid thing, though; they were put in when I had no choice in the matter."

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/dai...100.guest.html



Ah, no wonder:

• "You said you only want to lose 15 or 20 pounds? Hell, I used to be able to do that going to the bathroom."

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/dai...100.guest.html

Do you think Lance dumped Sheryl over hygiene issues?

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
Do you think Lance dumped Sheryl over hygiene issues?

I think Lance dumped her because he's a pussyhound. What I wonder is if Larry David could be convinced to follow that rule.

[Adder]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Of course, Bush couldn't change a policy to be hands off Afghanistan in the 8 months he was President before 9/11.

And there is zero indication that he or anyone else wanted to.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan

Hank, you're an IP lawyer. Explain.

So, if a Scientologist dies and his family wants that emblem put on, do they have to pay a licensing fee to that church? (This would not surprise me; it would for Islam, however).

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Of course, Bush couldn't change a policy to be hands off Afghanistan in the 8 months he was President before 9/11.

Wrong. We started bombing Afghanistan on October 7, less than a month after 9/11. Mazar-i-Sharif fell on November 9 and Kabul fell on November 13. Kandahar fell in December, which also is when the battle of Tora Bora was.

You are correct, though, if you are trying to suggest that Bush did not make any efforts to change our policy after he was elected and before 9/11.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
How old did Fringey say I look?

I am not getting this joke, alas.

well, my point was we don't have the unanswered question of whether WMDs were given to our enemies yesterday, or will be next month.

Yes. We have certainty now where there was uncertainty before, and that is good. Like fresh bread, a small good thing.

Of course after the invasion, those with an ax to grind suddenly see which evidence to ignore and which was the very best.

That's not a very charitable way of saying "you were right all along."

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

So, Hillary says that if elected Bill would become a roving ambassador.

If Segolene Royal wins in France, does this not have international incident written all over it?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
So, Hillary says that if elected Bill would become a roving ambassador.

If Segolene Royal wins in France, does this not have international incident written all over it?

Alors! A post that permits me to mention the force de frappe, which surely will deter any unpleasantness.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
So the Government finally caved and is allowing larger selection of symbols to be placed on the headstones of fallen soldiers who are burried in National cemetaries.

I scrolled through the new list, happy to see that the Wiccans finally had their way (), when I noticed this:

CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST (Cross & Crown) Not shown because of copyrights.

and

MUSLIM (Islamic 5 Pointed Star) Not shown because of copyrights.

Hank, you're an IP lawyer. Explain.

Should any of you have reason to be in a position to select an image for my government issued tombstone, go with the Humanist Emblem of Spirit:

I suppose a religion could own copyrights in a certain depiction of a symbol. copyrights do expire eventually, and the muslim star is ancient right? so it had to be on the particular depiction, i guess.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Adder
And there is zero indication that he or anyone else wanted to.

for what it's worth I don't believe clinton wrong for not going into afghanistan- until 9/11 it would be tought to believe the potential scope of the danger. but clinton not attacking after the Embassies or the cole, bush couldn't come in and say" umm, Clinton should have attacked before, now I will."

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
If Penske were here he would quote you what the former President and Dem leaders said while they were in office. I take that and ask "since it is assumed he has them what do you do?" You and Obama, i guess, say, "nothing!" That would have been a confused and ultimately, deadly, position to have taken.

Why? I c an see your argument that it's no fair to criticize Bush for his thinking on WMD because so many others also thought Saddam had them. However, to go on to say that Barack's position that we shouldn't have gone in would be an "ultimately, deadly"position makes no sense. After all, he didn't actually have WMD.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
for what it's worth I don't believe clinton wrong for not going into afghanistan- until 9/11 it would be tought to believe the potential scope of the danger. but clinton not attacking after the Embassies or the cole, bush couldn't come in and say" umm, Clinton should have attacked before, now I will."

Who should Clinton have attacked after the embassy bombings?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Who should Clinton have attacked after the embassy bombings?

I said he shouldn't have Ty. Why do you always have to attack attack attack.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I said he shouldn't have Ty. Why do you always have to attack attack attack.

I would construe your post as suggesting that Clinton should have attacked someone, somehow, for the bombings of the embassies and the Cole, but it was reasonable for him to have declined to invade Afghanistan. In the future, when you are a great, great man, scholars will parse your posts here and wonder what you were getting at.