The Guild 2-26-2003 Got Puns?

[BigWaveBetty]

Where are you AM? Please come by and see us, we want to know how you and the baby are doing.

[pubmom]

When I heard Fred's little speech, I put down the laundry I was folding and just stared at the TV.

Do these people know how uninformed and idiotic they sound?
Dumb as bricks.

[BigWaveBetty]

I received a reply from one of the emails I sent out thanking those nations for supporting us!

Dear Mrs. BWB,

On behalf of the President of Latvia Vaira Vike-Freiberga, I would like to thank you for your support, Madame President appreciates it very much.

Karlina Jurjeva
Private Secretary of the State President of Latvia

This is Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga visiting President Bush at the White House.

President George W. Bush (news - web sites) hosts a visit by Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga in the Oval Office February 17, 2003. Vike-Freiberga, one of 10 eastern European leaders to support U.S. efforts to disarm Baghdad, said there would be developments in the confrontation with Iraq within weeks. (Reuters )

Here she is in a fabulous mink coat. Too bad the lighting is wrong, the pic doesn't do justice to how beautiful the coat is.

President of Latvia Vaira Vike-Freiberga speaks to the press in front of the White House after meeting with U.S. President Bush (news - web sites) in Washington, February 17, 2003. REUTERS/William Philpott

Click here for mountaineers thread with all the addy's for the countries who signed a letter supporting the USA. Where shortly after Jack Chirac had a tantrum, threatening those countries with not allowing them into the EU.

Thank you so much for that thread mountaineer!

[BigWaveBetty]

Where's the outrage that Fred can't speak properly? Where's the laughing at Sean Penn when he was on Larry King? He could barely get a sentence out of that loud mouth.

[BigWaveBetty]

Bill and Saddam, twins!

Both of these fellows intrinsically comprehend that, when caught red-handed, the first thing you do is deny. And not just once. You deny with every breath, over and over, in an attempt to plant a shred of doubt. Bill and Saddam realize that, over the last few decades, many Americans have become ever more frightened of appearing judgmental.

As a rule they don't like to make decisions. They prefer platitudes over veracity. They despise taking decisive action for fear of being wrong. Most ordinary folk, given the opportunity, will turn their head and walk away from unpleasantness rather than speaking up and having a spotlight thrown on their convictions. They ignore the dead mouse in the pantry, for it's squishy and smells bad. They don't step up to the plate, for they are terrified they might strike out.

But, every good liar is aware that mere denials begin to wear thin after a time. Therefore, to increase the doubt of those whom you would deceive, you insert a few notes of gospel amidst your lullaby of lies. Clinton was a master of this tactic, displaying it particularly well after his dalliance with the aforementioned Ms. Blimp, during the Whitewater scam and in regard to illegal fund-raising. Full commentary

[BigWaveBetty]

Look out! It's coming your way.

A private University of Iowa fund will pay former President Bill Clinton $50,000 to speak on campus next month for the school's ann-ual Distin-guished Lec-ture.

The former president plans to donate the money from UI's F. Wendall Miller Fund to AIDS research, members of the University Lecture Committee said Wednesday.

Normally, Clinton charges about $120,000 to speak at public events, committee members said.

"Figures (for speakers) usually hover around $25,000, but the prices of honorariums are skyrocketing," said Dan Rossi, the committee's chairman.

Clinton will speak at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 26 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, which has 15,500 seats. His speech is titled "Embracing Our Humanity: Global Security in the 21st Century." [snip]

Ellen Chaussee, a 21-year-old UI senior from Sioux City, said she is interested in attending Clinton's speech.

"I think it's cool that he's coming here and the fact that he's still playing an active role even though he's not president anymore," she said. Uh, yeah, we're all tickled pink. Link

[pubmom]

How nice, he's giving them a discount. He's a heck of a guy!

The subject of his speech is interesting, since he hasn't a drop of humanity within him, and he knows nothing about global security.

And to our little 21 year-old dingbat: Ellen dear, if you think playing an active role is about by making speeches, globe trotting with rock stars and actors, getting horney with young women and undermining the current administration, think again. Next time you're at the gas station filling up, check the air pressure in your head.

[BigWaveBetty]

Please pardon my ignorance but I have a question.

Yesterday February 26 was the anniversary of the liberation of Kuwait. Feb. 26 is the day that in 1993 terrorists tried to blow up the WTC.

Have I missed reporting that would tie these two dates together? It make sense to me that if terrorists tried to blow up the WTC on the very day Kuwait was liberated, wouldn't the powers that were at the time (clinton) might have thought there was a connection?

[pubmom]

The team he assembled couldn't have put a two piece puzzle together.

Whether they didn't see the connection, or whether they chose to ignore it, I don't know.

JohnHuang2 posted an article from WND about Roman Polanski's perversion problem. Polanski's Academy Award: Round 3: Reisman reveals ugly facts of Hollywood's favorite pedophile

I've never seen an article that gives such detail. (Ugh) I hope he decides to to return to the good ole USA so some of America's finest can give him some new wrist jewelry.

[lodwick]

Israeli police are looking for a man named Joseph, wanted for looting
in the port city of Haifa. The suspect is described as the son of a an
ex-nun from Barcelona and a German father. He was a former flutist and
worked occasionally as a farmer.
In short, he was "A Haifa-lootin', flutin' Teuton, son-of-a-nun from
Barcelona, part-time plowboy Joe."

[BigWaveBetty]

I have redacted the most evil of Polanski's atrocities.

I can't even imagine what could be worse than what I just read.

A week or so back I posted a story about Polanski where in a state attorney said if he shows up we'll arrest him. Which I thought was pretty dumb, let him come and then nab him. I'm hoping that's what this poor woman is doing by "forgiving" him, luring Polanski back so he can be arrested.

I've heard Larry King ask some pretty stupid questions but I think, "You just said no, you didn't struggle?" has to be the irresponsible moronic drivel to ever leave that toad's lips.

[Endeavor]

While I do not work for the Univ of Iowa, I will say that the University cannot help what some dumb professor/committee decides is a good lecturer to be invited to speak at a privately endowed lectureship.

In other words, don't hold it against the U of Iowa as a whole, that Bill Clinton will be a featured speaker. The scum spoke here, at my Big 10 University, the day after his State of the Union just following his embarrassment(if indeed, he is ever truly embarrassed) of his Lewinsky scandal. Let it be known that Air Force I got stuck in the mud at our airport and couldn't get out of here - totally appropos of Clinton's problems at that time.

Clinton had to take Air Force II (which AlGore had flown in here to be with his dear friend, the rapist, whilst the rapist spoke here at the University). Al probably had to rent a jackass to get out of town after Billy Boy left him w/o a plane.

May they both rot in hell, bless their little hearts.

[Endeavor]

While I do not work for the Univ of Iowa, I will say that the University cannot help what some dumb professor/committee decides is a good lecturer to be invited to speak at a privately endowed lectureship.

In other words, don't hold it against the U of Iowa as a whole, that Bill Clinton will be a featured speaker. The scum spoke here, at my Big 10 University, the day after his State of the Union just following his embarrassment(if indeed, he is ever truly embarrassed) of his Lewinsky scandal. Let it be known that Air Force I got stuck in the mud at our airport and couldn't get out of here - totally appropos of Clinton's problems at that time.

Clinton had to take Air Force II (which AlGore had flown in here to be with his dear friend, the rapist, whilst the rapist spoke here at the University). Al probably had to rent a jackass to get out of town after Billy Boy left him w/o a plane.

May they both rot in hell, bless their little hearts.

[Endeavor]

Sorry about the double post - as slow as things are today, we're lucky it wasn't quadrupled. You get the intent, anyway.

Cheers, -- E

[mountaineer]

I doubt that x42's giving the Iowans a discount so much as he's facing the reality that the demand for his drivel is drying up. Perhaps soon he'll have a "going out of business sale" for his load of crap speeches.

[mountaineer]

I've been gone all day; did anyone report on this, from Page Six?

MEDIA monolith Hachette Filipacchi, already fearing an anti-French backlash, has a bigger problem: Saddam Hussein owns a $90 million stake in its parent company.

Saddam owns just under 2 percent of Lagardere SCA, the French company of which Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., publishers of Elle, Car & Driver, Women's Day and other titles, is a unit. His shares are held by Iraqi-controlled Montana Management, based in Geneva.

Saddam's Hachette holdings first came to light when Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, and the UN Security Council along with the French and U.S. governments acted to freeze Iraq's assets. At the time he was the second-largest shareholder in Hachette SA, controlling 8.4 percent of the company.

Fearing a backlash, Hachette brass voiced their intention to buy the Iraqi strongman out, which most people assumed had been done long ago. In fact, Saddam still has his stake and it's currently worth $90 million, a Hachette rep confirmed to PAGE SIX's Jared Paul Stern.

"Under international sanctions, blocked assets are being held until future direction from the UN and applicable governments," the rep said. "Those assets are frozen."

Since Saddam has no representation on Hachette's board of directors, he has no influence over the company, and Hachette's spokeswoman assured us the firm is unafraid of a backlash.

Some American Elle advertisers we contacted yesterday had no idea Saddam ever owned a slice of Hachette. "We don't know anything about it," said a rep for MAC cosmetics. Donna Karan's people had no comment. Reps for Coach, Estee Lauder and Banana Republic were similarly in the dark.

In 1990, when the Saddam-Hachette news broke on "60 Minutes," publishers of Hachette magazines placed emergency calls to top advertisers in a bid to keep them from leaving. They also established a "circulation crisis group" to deal with subscribers who wanted to cancel over the news.

Hachette has been testing consumer reaction to the fact that it is a French company, to determine whether "guilt by association" will harm it, Hachette U.S. CEO Jack Kliger told Media Industry Newsletter. Americans "feel comfortable buying [Elle] just as they do with say, Evian and L'Oreal, and dining in French restaurants. Remember too, there are Americans who oppose war with Iraq."

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Dining in French restaurants? Only if they're owned by Americans. BTW, I visited the wine shop today, sneered at the French offerings and picked up some California and Spanish varieties. Cheers.

Oh yes, and this, in case anyone gives a rat's rear about this, well, rat's rear:

BILL Clinton finally had his first dinner at Rao's on Monday. The former Prez broke bread with New Jersey Sen. Jon Corzine and former Jersey Gov. (and current Homeland Security co-chair) Thomas Kean. At nearby tables were former Sen. Al D'Amato and Susan Lucci. Clinton seemed fascinated by the clubby camaraderie in the East Harlem eatery, delighted to meet bartender Nicky the Vest, and to hear the vocal stylings of owner Frank Pellegrino, who plays an FBI boss on "The Sopranos."

As well as news of his bestest friend, Paul Hewson:

BONO, the leader of the Irish rock band U2, will be awarded the Legion d'Honneur by French president Jacques Chirac tomorrow in Paris. Bono, who toured Africa last summer with then-Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, has tirelessly campaigned for Third World debt relief. [As long as it didn't actually affect his pocketbook] Past recipients of the honor include Jerry Lewis, Neil Armstrong, Martin Scorsese, Ronald Reagan, Robert De Niro, wine connoisseur Robert Parker and cooking expert Julia Child.

[mountaineer]

WALTER Cronkite, at Le Cirque with his wife and daughter, telling the next table about our seemingly inescapable about-to-be invasion of Iraq: "We'll win the battle, but we'll lose the war. The war of hate. It will then flame even hotter and higher against the United States."

Quoted by Cindy Adams Why does anyone even listen to this old fool?

Oh well, we can read someone wiser, Mark Steyn:

The other day the Independent's Joan Smith wrote a column headlined 'It's About Time the US Got Over 9/11'. That presupposes 9/11 is itself over - that it was just a one-off, a freak, like a bad tornado or the record-breaking snowstorms that hit New York and Washington this week. The storm has passed and normal life resumes. That's more or less what happened after the first attempt to take out the World Trade Center in 1993: America got over it, very quickly. So they bombed it again. link to thread

[mountaineer]

Good thing their dad didn't see Barbara and Jenna Bush at the party that hip-hop honcho Andre Harrell and Cognac prince Maurice Hennessy threw at Butter the other night. Our spies spotted the twins getting way down on the dance floor with rap king Sean Combs. And what was that fragrant smell that wafted over the room? The party also drew Naomi Campbell, Jessica Alba, Jay-Z, Fred Durst, Christian Slater, Queen Latifah, Ludacris and Angela Bassett.

NY Daily News

[Endeavor]

RE: Jenna and Barbara @ the party: talk about "lost in the '60's."

Our hope is in George P. Bush, for the next generation.

[Timeout]

I've been thinking about something and want to get y'all's thoughts.

This snails-paced slowdown in Turkey....do you think it might be a feint...a head fake? I just wonder if they're covering up troop movements so Saddam will think North Iraq is a safehold. He goes up there with his elite troops and...BAM!

Whaddaya think?