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Kos Kid: Kill Me Now
Little Green Footballs ^ | 8/6/2007 | Charles Johnson

Posted on 08/06/2007 11:00:32 AM PDT by StatenIsland

Kos Kid: Kill Me Now

Here’s another open thread, with a gratuitous link to yet another jaw-droppingly whacked out Kos Kid diary: Daily Kos: I would rather die in a terrorist attack.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/8/6/112523/3173

This one would rather die in a terrorist attack than see Valerie Plame outed. Yes, really.

(Hat tip: Killgore.)


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: kos; kossuckers; lgf
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1 posted on 08/06/2007 11:00:40 AM PDT by StatenIsland
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To: StatenIsland

How does this country raise such stupid people.


2 posted on 08/06/2007 11:05:24 AM PDT by edcoil (Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
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To: StatenIsland

Actually, he’s saying he’d die in a terrorist attack, THEN he’d have her outed.


3 posted on 08/06/2007 11:05:45 AM PDT by RepublitarianRoger
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To: StatenIsland
Well since Al Qaeda is now scarce in Afghanistan and Iraq maybe he would like to go up North in Pakistan for a nice beheading.
4 posted on 08/06/2007 11:06:27 AM PDT by april15Bendovr
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To: StatenIsland
This one would rather die in a terrorist attack than see Valerie Plame outed. Yes, really.

I'm writing to ask if he'll settle for being run over and killed by my Liberal-hating SUV.

5 posted on 08/06/2007 11:08:41 AM PDT by bikerMD (Beware, the light at the end of the tunnel may be a muzzle flash.)
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To: bikerMD

He it wouldn’t be you at fault. The media always describes such events as if the SUV did it all on it’s own.


6 posted on 08/06/2007 11:12:42 AM PDT by Doctor Raoul (What's the difference between the CIA and the Free Clinic? The Free Clinic knows how to stop leaks.)
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To: StatenIsland

These demented Kossuckers are a dime-a-dozen.

We just need to find out who’s been handing out all those dimes.


7 posted on 08/06/2007 11:12:43 AM PDT by FormerLib (Sacrificing our land and our blood cannot buy protection from jihad.-Bishop Artemije of Kosovo)
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To: StatenIsland
Well, strategically, this could work. If we could identify all the KOSsacks who similarly feel this way, I'm sure we can afford one-way tickets for these sad-sacks and ship them to some armpit in the world.

Ergo, problem solved for all concerned.

8 posted on 08/06/2007 11:13:54 AM PDT by kromike
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To: StatenIsland

Valerie Plame outed? I didn’t know she was gay.


9 posted on 08/06/2007 11:15:24 AM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: edcoil

After the VA Tech massacre, a friend of mine was having a discussion with an acquaintance who told him “I think I’d rather die than have to kill someone in self-defense.”

We are educating a nation abject self-loathers who don’t even have the will to live any more. Says quite a bit about the moonbats. They really DO have a death wish.


10 posted on 08/06/2007 11:15:24 AM PDT by Philistone (Your existence as a non-believer offends the Prophet(MPBUH).)
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To: StatenIsland
Another drama queen unacquainted with the objectives of the terrorists - those don't offer the option of "liberty or death," they offer "surrender or death."

I have a certain sympathy for this sincere but poorly formed sentiment, actually - Constitutional protections have been systematically and routinely flouted by a succession of legislatures - but this little Patrick Henry can't seem to see beyond his or her obsession with blaming it all on Bush. There are larger issues here that will not be addressed merely by a change in administration.

There are, in addition, legitimate purposes of government in play. "Provide for the common defense" is right up there alongside "secure the blessings of liberty" in the preamble of the Constitution. It is, unfortunately, quite a bit more likely that our Kos Kiddie will be screeching about First Amendment rights on the way to an Islamist gulag than a Republican one. The thing about imaginary enemies is that they tend to obscure the real ones.

11 posted on 08/06/2007 11:19:10 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: FormerLib
Kossuckers

heh-heh-heh . . . I like that.

12 posted on 08/06/2007 11:19:49 AM PDT by reformed_democrat ("... it's a dishonor to leave your allies." President Traian Basescu, Romania)
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To: beethovenfan
I didn’t know she was gay.

You didn't really think she was boinkin' an old fart like Joe Wilson, did you?

13 posted on 08/06/2007 11:21:33 AM PDT by FormerLib (Sacrificing our land and our blood cannot buy protection from jihad.-Bishop Artemije of Kosovo)
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To: edcoil
How does this country raise such stupid people.

The public school system and the NEA are performing as planned.

14 posted on 08/06/2007 11:22:00 AM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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To: StatenIsland

Maybe he’ll get his wish.


15 posted on 08/06/2007 11:26:37 AM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: StatenIsland
"I would rather die in a terrorist attack then have a CIA operative outed by the Office of the Vice President..."

Did Dick Armitage serve in the office of the Vice President?

16 posted on 08/06/2007 11:26:58 AM PDT by avacado
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To: FormerLib

“We just need to find out who’s been handing out all those dimes.”

That’s the easy part. Lots of Socialist Do-gooder Billionaires, and TONS of Offshore cash (Muslems).

From Discoverthenetwork:

* Agape Foundation: Aimed at countering America’s allegedly warlike proclivities and forestalling their inevitably disastrous consequences, the Agape Foundation’s self-defined purpose is “to fund nonviolent social change organizations committed to peace and justice issues.” The foundation’s objectives are firmly rooted in socialist values, as evidenced by its declaration: “We are committed to true human security through equitably redistributing resources, and challenging all forms of oppression.” The foundation further boasts of its commitment to “creating systemic change for social justice,” which writer Barry Loberfeld has described as “the theory that implies and justifies the practice of socialism ... domination by the State ... the absence of a free market ... repudiation of property rights ... the opposite of capitalism.”

* CarEth Foundation: This foundation deems it axiomatic that “the major cause of destructive conflict” around the world is “the existing polarization between the powerful and oppressed.” In CarEth’s view, international peace can best be achieved through a socialist model of wealth redistribution, resulting in “social, economic, and political equality for all.” In its analysis of current trends around the world, the CarEth Foundation makes no specific mention of the social injustices of any nation except those of the United States, where many people allegedly “have been excluded from full participation” in political and economic life.

The CarEth Foundation seeks to use its philanthropy to “promote the creation of a global community of shared values,” a goal founded on the premise that all cultures and traditions, regardless of how antithetical their worldviews or objectives may be, can find common ground upon which to build harmonious relationships. Islamist terrorism and its calls for worldwide jihad have not prevented the foundation from reassessing its notion that power and wealth imbalances — particularly between the affluent United States and poorer nations — are the major obstacles stopping nations from “unit[ing] in the common purpose of becoming a global community founded in compassionate peace.”

* Colombe Foundation: A project of the Proteus Fund, the Colombe Foundation seeks “to create a peaceful world through changes in American policy.” Toward this end, the foundation supports a host of groups and programs it deems committed to bringing about “a shift from war and aggression to conflict prevention and conflict resolution; and a shift from wasteful military spending to investments in programs addressing poverty, environmental degradation and other root causes of violence.” These objectives are based on the premise that the United States is naturally inclined to pursue war rather than peace; that current U.S. policies are largely to blame for international conflicts in which our nation is involved; and that the widespread anti-Americanism that exists overseas is in fact a logical, justifiable response to American transgressions.

* Compton Foundation: Suggesting that American policies are to blame for much of humanity’s international strife, this foundation’s Peace and Security program aims to “focus public attention on the need for U.S. and international policy change in war-torn areas, including the need for new approaches and increased public funding for peace operations.” In the fall of 2002 the Compton Foundation co-founded the Iraq Peace Fund, a short-term project aimed at raising money to promote the anti-war movement during the run-up to the 2003 war in Iraq. The Fund raised $750,000 to disseminate its anti-Iraq War message to the American public, and it made grants totaling more than $400,000 to 27 separate leftist and anti-war organizations.

* Ford Foundation: In the wake of 9/11, Ford Foundation President Susan Berresford exhorted Americans to “explore the issues behind the headlines and broaden [their] understanding about the countries from which the attacks came.” Characterizing the deadly hijackings as a wake-up call designed to make Americans see the responsibility they themselves bore for the horrors of that day, Berresford said: “For many living and working near ground zero, the 9/11 attacks had the same effect as any terrible shock. They forced us to think more deeply about what we do, how we live our lives, and whether we can do better.”

* Steven and Michele Kirsch Foundation: Identifying the United States as the chief agent of nuclear peril worldwide, this foundation says: “Despite the Cold War being over for more than a decade and the Soviet Union no longer in existence, the nuclear legacy of that time period still remains. … Much more troubling, the U.S. is actively pursuing strategies, such as new nuclear weapons and a missile defense system, that seriously jeopardize the current international, treaty-based system.”

* John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation: One of the ten largest private philanthropic foundations in the United States, this foundation supports groups that advocate juvenile justice reform, alternatives to incarceration for criminals, low-rent housing for the poor, radical feminist causes, gay rights, and “community change” initiatives to counter America’s allegedly rampant racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia. Further, it supports organizations that oppose the U.S. military’s development of an anti-missile defense system. Favoring redistributive economic policies that can avert “costly conflicts between haves and have-nots,” the MacArthur Foundation states that “emerging economic theory suggests that inequality may have adverse effects blunting productive incentives.”

* Mertz Gilmore Foundation: Mertz Gilmore’s funding priorities are predicated on the notion that the United States is a nation rife with injustice against minorities and women; a place where human rights are routinely violated by the government. The foundation affirms its “recognition” of what it calls “the U.S. government’s historical antipathy toward applying human rights standards within the U.S.”

* A.J. Muste Memorial Institute: Named after socialist, union activist, and war resister Abraham Johannes Muste, this Institute was founded in 1974 by a group of pacifists who proclaimed a deep “commitment to nonviolent radical change by providing the movement for peace and justice with practical, concrete support.” Working out of its New York City headquarters, a building it dubs the “Peace Pentagon,” the Institute publishes books and pamphlets deriding war as an illegitimate alternative in any conflict. It also rents out low-cost office space to a number of organizations that share its leftist perspectives, and it uses its tax-exempt status to sponsor likeminded anti-war organizations that are not tax-exempt, thereby enabling the latter to receive tax-deductible contributions from the public.

* New-Land Foundation: This foundation seeks to downsize the American military, which it views as a provocateur of much international strife. The president of its Board of Directors, Hal Harvey, in 1989 co-authored the article “Alternative Security,” wherein he advocated “a policy known as ‘non-provocative defense’” as a means by which “to reduce military tensions and budgets.” This perspective exhorts the U.S. military to dispose of all weaponry designed for offensive purposes, and to “restructure U.S. military capabilities so that they are unambiguously defensive, and at the same time to persuade other nations to do likewise.” Harvey advised the U.S. to “focus on causes [of conflict], not symptoms ... [and to] give greater priority to eliminating the economic and political roots of conflict through non-provocative forms of persuasion and cooperation.” To help compensate for the absence of an offensive arsenal, and to supplement the approved defensive weaponry in the event of an attack, Harvey advocated a strategy called “civilian-based defense,” which he described as follows: “Populations would be trained to make their country ungovernable in the face of an attack. They would be taught, for example, how to resist military occupation (or, for that matter, domestic tyranny) through strikes, boycotts, noncooperation, and obstruction which would make takeover a more costly goal for any attacker. ... Frontal barriers would stop or slow advancing forces. Forces breaking through would then face techno-commando units. Then enemy occupiers would have to cope with civilian-based defense units.”

* Open Society Institute (OSI): One of the numerous foundations belonging to the billionaire financier George Soros, OSI endorsed the Civil Liberties Restoration Act of 2004, which was designed to roll back, in the name of protecting civil liberties, vital national-security policies that had been adopted after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. OSI was also a signatory to a November 1, 2001 document characterizing the 9/11 attacks as a legal matter to be addressed by criminal-justice procedures rather than military means. Ascribing the hijackers’ motives to alleged social injustices against which they were protesting, this document explained that “security and justice are mutually reinforcing goals that ultimately depend upon the promotion of all human rights for all people,” and called on the United States “to promote fundamental rights around the world.”

* Peace Development Fund: Established in 1981, this Fund views the United States as a nation characterized by enormous injustice, and thus in need of a massive overhaul of its social and economic institutions. “Recently,” explains PDF, “we have witnessed the negative effects of neo-liberalism and the globalization of capitalism, the de-industrialization of the U.S. and the growing gap between the rich and poor, Affirmative Action rollbacks, Welfare Reform and the strengthening of the Right. Some of these effects are the widening gap between rich and poor, increasing incidences of hate crimes and increasing poverty and unemployment. This is evidence that some of the institutional and structural causes of injustice ... remain largely intact. Challenging those causes and moving towards a more just, nonviolent society is at the heart of our program.” A vital first step in that direction, says PDF Executive Director Paul Haible, is for white Americans to acknowledge their responsibility for the suffering of nonwhites. According to Haible, whites must “deal with that original discord in our nation, like the contact between Europeans and Native Americans and what happened to the original people here—and our families’ role in that.”

* Public Welfare Foundation (PWF): This foundation formulates its grant-making decisions with the aim of addressing what it deems the inherent flaws of American society — particularly vis a vis immigrants and minorities in the post-9/11 era. Such people, said an October 2002 article posted on the PWF website, must endure “violence, discrimination, workplace abuse, police brutality, cultural isolation, and economic exploitation” and the erosion of civil liberties by “policies such as the USA Patriot Act.”

* Ploughshares Fund: Established in 1981 by Sally Lilienthal, the Ploughshares Fund describes itself as “a public grantmaking foundation that supports initiatives to prevent the spread and use of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and other weapons of war, and to prevent conflicts that could lead to the use of weapons of mass destruction.” The Executive Director of the Ploughshares Fund is Naila Bolus, a co-founder of the Women Legislators’ Lobby whose goal is to “persuade Congress to redirect excessive military spending toward unmet human and environmental needs.”

* Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF): Seeking to foster “greater understanding between Muslim and Western Societies,” RBF’s Peace and Security Program asserts that “[t]he tensions that currently characterize this relationship seem to be rooted, at least in part, in profound misunderstanding and lack of communication” that is exacerbated by “the complex impact of globalization and the juxtaposition of great wealth and extreme poverty.” In other words, America’s affluence is a source of Muslim resentment. The program’s philanthropy is directed toward “efforts to contribute to the improvement of communication and understanding between Muslim and Western societies, including the United States.” No mention is made of the radical Islamic movements now spanning the globe and proclaiming their fervent desire to destroy Western, non-Muslim civilizations. Rather, RBF places responsibility for international disharmony squarely on the shoulders of the United States: “[T]here exists a pressing need to examine the content, style, and tone of U.S. global engagement.”

* Samuel Rubin Foundation: Founded by Samuel Rubin, who claimed to be appalled by the “plunder, hunger, and devastation” which he considered to be the bitter fruits of Western capitalism, this foundation is headed by the aforementioned Cora Weiss, who sits on PSFG’s Board of Directors and was instrumental in the creation of the Institute for Policy Studies, America’s oldest leftist think tank.

* Simons Foundation: This foundation favors U.S. disarmament as a strategy for encouraging similar military downsizing in other nations. Its former president, Jennifer Allen Simons, lamented: “We live in a warrior culture in which we human beings are engaged in a struggle to maintain our human dignity and to live in a peaceful and just society. ... [we live in] a system seemingly determined to annihilate us as it accumulates arsenals.”

* Stanley Foundation: Stating that its mission is to promote “public understanding, constructive dialogue, and cooperative action on critical international issues,” the Stanley Foundation places its faith in the possibility of international consensus on all matters, or what it calls “principled multilateralism in addressing international issues” so that “the causes of conflict are addressed and disputes are resolved without recourse to violence.” In short, it rejects the notion that unilateral military action may sometimes be warranted or justified. Characterizing “U.S. policies toward the Muslim world” as inequitable, the foundation declares: “American approaches to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iraq, Iran, and Pakistan ... continue to generate difficulties for the United States in its relations with much of the Muslim world.” The foundation further seeks “to change U.S. policies toward a more balanced approach that includes U.S.-Iranian détente and the construction of a more cooperative Gulf security environment that respects the national interests, sovereignty, autonomy, and domestic cultural values of every state in the region.”

* Threshold Foundation: Reasoning from the premise that American society is riddled with injustice and thus needs a radical transformation, the Threshold Foundation seeks to be “a quiet catalyst to the social change movement, by seeding thousands of non-profits and by supporting the evolution of many sister donor organizations and socially responsible business networks throughout the world.” Blaming the U.S. for provoking foreign antipathy, the foundation’s Policy and Systemic Change Committee advocates “systemic policy change” that addresses “the root causes of harmful and unjust conditions.”

* Tides Foundation: Immediately after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Tides formed a “9/11 Fund” to advocate a “peaceful national response” to al Qaeda’s act of war. The Tides Foundation later replaced the 9/11 Fund with the “Democratic Justice Fund,” which was funded in large measure by the Open Society Institute of George Soros.

* Town Creek Foundation: This foundation supports initiatives that “challenge and critique the military budget”; “encourage greater public debate and deliberation about national budget priorities”; and “promote the elimination of nuclear weapons and testing, strengthen arms control programs, or seek responsible weapons disposal programs.”

* Working Assets: Strongly opposed to the Iraq War, Working Assets produced a letter to U.S. Congressional Reprsentatives (for which it collected some 30,000 signatures) titled “Congress: Admit You Regret Voting for Iraq War.” The organization similarly stands in strong opposition to the Patriot Act anti-terrorism legislation, which it views as an assault on the civil liberties of Americans. The Working Assets website recently featured an article that stated the following: “A few short years ago, almost no one in America had heard of places called Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib. Now, those names have become infamous worldwide — for repeated instances of torture, inflicted by Americans on prisoners we continue to hold there as part of the so-called ‘war on terror.’”


17 posted on 08/06/2007 11:39:13 AM PDT by tcrlaf (You can lead a Liberal to LOGIC, but you can't make it THINK)
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To: Doctor Raoul

Mabye this clown should just go out west and make nice with the cougars and the Grizzlies!<p.I’m sure they would appreciate the company.


18 posted on 08/06/2007 11:47:29 AM PDT by Cheapskate ( Celebrate Sept.8 as Pajamatag , the day the pajamahadeem busted Dan Rather!!)
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To: ozzymandus
"Maybe he’ll get his wish."

Even if he gets his wish he'll whine and cry about it, like a true lib...wait...

Nevermind!

19 posted on 08/06/2007 12:03:47 PM PDT by libs_kma (www.imwithfred.com)
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