***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 28/16 APR 03 - LIVE THREAD***

Everywhere! | 16 APR 03 | An.American.Expatriate

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[TheLion]

$250,000 in Iraq would make one of the the equivalent of a billionaire over here. I have always thought we give them too much. Many of them would sell their sister for ten bucks....sad to say.

[Tree of Liberty]

I think you're thinking of Paint Shop Pro 7, which is less popular than Adobe Photoshop, but still pretty good.

[Fledermaus]

Left wing liberal caption for the same photo:

"Sgt. Michael Thompson of Oklahoma City, Okla., 3rd Battalion, 187th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, endangers Iraqi child in Baghdad, Tuesday, April 15, 2003"

[NormsRevenge]

"A male camel named Josephine?"

U.S. Army PFC. Nicholas Myhre holds back a camel as military traffic passes into the presidential palace complex in Baghdad Tuesday, April 15, 2003. The young male camel, which tank crews from A Company 4th Battalion 64 Armor Regiment unknowingly named Josephine, approached them early that morning and stayed. (AP Photo/John Moore)

[GOPyouth]

Be back shortly. Got to run an errand.

[TheLion]

Did anybody hear a report on why Chirac called Bush today? Fox said they were going to cover it but I missed it.

Apparently, many Iraqis have gone on to France and God only knows where....out of Damascus. Can't believe we didn't see this coming.

[NormsRevenge]

Mission Accomplished. Godspeed to your return home.

F-14A Tomcats fly in formation on final approach to USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) which has received orders to return to the US(AFP/US NAVY/File/Todd Frantom)

[Fledermaus]

Col. Hunt was just discussing the anti-war left with Laurie Duhe (I'd like to attack her southern flank) and made some good comments about their arrogance.

Just like Tim Robbins today and his diatribe, the left only thinks they, and they alone, have the right of free speech. Al Gore got the ball rolling commenting on the Dixie Chicks and saying people that disagreed with them and voted with their wallets were "censoring" and "denying them an income". What complete garbage. He's still bitter no one bought his last two waste of trees, his books.

Another thing the left doesn't understand (I know, the list alone is so long it's impossible to post), along with most of the Constitution they can't understand, is that they only the right to "peaceably" assemble. And it's obvious they abuse that right.

So when they get unpeaceable, I have the right to protect myself and will thwart their attempts at violence with a citizen's arrest.

[oceanperch]

Oh God it is like fumagating one apartment in a complex and all the pests run to the apts. not willing to get bombed.

My cheers today went to them getting the dirty rat who shot and tossed the wheelchair bound man of the cruise ship so many years ago.

LOL Marines have taken up smoking since being deployed. They should of seized those personalized cuban cigars now that is a bad habit I could get back into if in combat and maybe some of that fancy congac.

As are men say Hoo Yah!

[SendShaqtoIraq]

Thanks i'm going to try their trial download

[TheLion]

"Oh God it is like fumagating one apartment in a complex and all the pests run to the apts. not willing to get bombed."

When I lived in an apartment, they used to bomb all of them.....hmmmmm

[TexKat]

Injured Iraqi boy arrives in Kuwait City for emergency medical treatment

[TheLion]

Saw some of the Tim Robbins diatribe today and was amazed. We got to this guy! What we are doing works! He was beside himself. These people implode. His remarks, especially about Fox News, just clarified what everone already knew....he is just part of the loonie left.

Lets keep up the pressure on them. They need to be exposed for what they are so Americans can excerise their right to ignore their artistic works.

[Fledermaus]

I'm surprised he didn't call it "McCarthyism".

[Fledermaus]

My favorite new left wing canard is that baseball is "public".

What a crock.

I heard some idiot on O'Reilly say, "well, in my thinking, it's a public entity". Oh, so even worse than Robbins, he and others on the left are now saying they define what is "public"?

Last time I checked, the Baseball Hall of Fame was a PRIVATE organization. So now the left is telling us what is and isn't a public entity assuming that makes it sacrosant from political statements?

Anyone could make the same argument for TV and movies or football or even synchronized swimming. And when did Tim Robbins and his left wing ilk stop protesting in public venues? They and their idiot protestors stop public venues like traffic, commerce, etc. in their cause. I don't understand why in SF they just didn't run over those lying in the streets.

I would have.

[TexKat]

Chirac Moves to Repair U.S. Ties (washingtonpost.com) 4/16/03

[Fledermaus]

As a matter of fact, I tried. I was in SF on March 13-15 and they had a big protest. As I was driving to do tourist stuff I was heading in in their direction.

They continually jaywalked against the light and about the third one I had a green for, I went regardless if they were in the crosswalk. SF has those flashing DO NOT WALK signs that beep and even show you how many seconds are left to cross. So since I'm from Tenn, I figured they were fair game and my rental car was bigger than them.

I moved, braked, revved, etc. Most I saw were freaks and geeks and the wretched.

[TheLion]

"I'm surprised he didn't call it 'McCarthyism'."

They usually dish it out. Bit of a turn around here. Imo, the war on terrorism could destroy the Democrat party, as we know it and sent these hollow wood loonies back to the hole they crawled out of. You would think they would have enough brains to just keep their mouth shut.