Ernesto Che Guevara is admired by the Progressives all over the world. They have turned him into a icon. He is nothing but a killer and a loser. He was an Argentine reject who went to Cuba to buddy up with the Castro brothers. After the revolution, he had many killed without mercy. He was no hero but a thug.
HOLLYWOOD history is often nonsensical, but film-makers usually have the good sense not to whitewash killers and sadists. Steven Soderbergh’s new film about Che Guevara, however, does that, and more.
Che the revolutionary romantic, as depicted by Benecio del Toro in Soderbergh’s film, never existed. That hero of the Left, with his hippie hair and beard, an image now iconic on T-shirts and coffee mugs around the world, is a myth concocted by Fidel Castro’s propagandists – something of a cross between Don Quixote and Robin Hood.
Read the rest.
He was also a failure. He didn’t succeed in the Congo and suffered the best outcome for any Progressive thug. He went to Bolivia and tried to start revolution there. The Bolivian people didn’t fall for his Hope and Change lie and the result was he got the fate he deserved.
My question is why do Progressives admire this loser?
Tags: Che Guevara
If people wearing those shirts only knew.
@ davehm:
he’s a progressive and I will remind people of who these Leftist admire.
They admire him because, like him, they are losers, however, unlike them, he murdered a bunch of people, something a lot of our proggies are still too chicken to do (not for the lack of desire, though!) So, they have their little juvenile fantasies of revenge against the “unfair” world projected onto him.
@ PrincessNatasha:
he deserved his fate.
PrincessNatasha wrote:
Same exact reason why they get all tingly about jihadi terrorists.
Rodan wrote:
Indeed. And I hope there is a hell, and he is roasting there.
I heard from CJ that criticizing Che is now racist. Didn’t used to be, but times hope and change.
ahhh the congo:
from warren zevon’s ‘roland the headless thompson gunner’
Roland was a warrior from the Land of the Midnight Sun
With a Thompson gun for hire, fighting to be done
The deal was made in Denmark on a dark and stormy day
So he set out for Biafra to join the bloody fray
Through sixty-six and seven they fought the Congo war
Fingers on their triggers, knee-deep in gore
For days and nights they battled the Bantu to their knees
They killed to earn their living and to help out the Congolese
Roland the Thompson gunner…
His comrades fought beside him -- Van Owen and the rest
But of all the Thompson gunners Roland was the best
So the CIA decided they wanted Roland dead
That son-of-a-bitch Van Owen blew off Roland’s head
Roland the headless Thompson gunner (Time, time, time
For another peaceful war
Norway’s bravest son But time stands still for Roland
‘Til he evens up the score)
They can still see his headless body stalking through the night
In the muzzle flash of Roland’s Thompson gun
In the muzzle flash of Roland’s Thompson gun
Roland searched the continent for the man who’d done him in
He found him in Mombassa in a barroom drinking gin
Roland aimed his Thompson gun -- he didn’t say a word
But he blew Van Owen’s body from there to Johannesburg
Roland the headless Thompson gunner…
The eternal Thompson gunner, still wandering through the night
Now it’s ten years later but he still keeps up the fight
In Ireland, in Lebanon, in Palestine and Berkeley
Patty Hearst heard the burst of Roland’s Thompson gun
And bought it
@ PrincessNatasha:
Progressives are really losers and cowards. This was one savage asshole and they love this man. The only reason the Progressives disown Hitler was because he betrayed his Socialist brother Stalin.
Well, homework is done (miracle!!) and I need to get some sleep. Have a great night everyone who is still awake and here!
@ pat:
Kidding? Really?
@ pat:
He loves Che! he probably wacks off thinking about him!
@ PrincessNatasha:
Goodnight and it was an honor having you!
Gus 802 is weeping right now seeing his fellow Argentine exposed as the loser he is.
Rodan wrote:
LOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
teacake wrote:
@ teacake:
Oh yeah Charles probably thinks the Tobacco company killed his idol Che.
So Charles doesn’t have a problem that Che was a cold blooded murderer? How does he excuse that little personality disorder?
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teacake wrote:
well, ummm…see che is all progressive and stuff, and isnt a creationist.
/chuckie mode
nope, didn’t do what I had hoped.
coldwarrior wrote:
Ahhh Che was a de-creationist
http://www.blameitonthevoices.com/2008/06/1957-vs-2007.html
Great joke, but if you read the comments it’s easy to spot the libs, they’re the ones in an uproar that took the joke as fact and want him to site his sources. These people have no sense of humor.
@ coldwarrior:
Che Believed in evolution. He believed in the new man!
With LGF the Hope and Change is mostly about Change. The Climate threads are delusional. The hate threads likewise. I mean do I really care what a creationist believes? Do I think the USA is going to turn into some kind of Christian Summer Camp? please.
pat wrote:
Are you kidding me? Exactly what exotic race does he think Guevara was?!!!???
@ pat:
i dont see the importance if one is a creationist or evolutionist. neither changes the current reality
Wolves are racist. That is why they wear sheep’s clothing.
OT, but an article of interest to readers of this blog, in case you missed:
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/why-the-swiss-were-right-to-prohibit-construction-of-minarets/
teacake wrote:
Ziiiiing!
Good one!
@ notacompletedork:
We support the Swiss here.
pat wrote:
Hey! Watch it with the anti-wolf slurs!
@ Rodan:
Is your Post question rhetorical or are you really interested in some insight?
davehm wrote:
If people wearing those shirts only gave a rat’s ass.
nite.
Rodan wrote:
Well?
Dang. I can’t find the link, but I read somewhere in the last couple of days —-could even be here!— that Poland has outlawed the sale of Che shirts.
Well, if you are going to have laws restricting the display of Nazi paraphernalia, as Poland does, you should be consistent and have laws against Communist stuff, too, which Poland does. So I applaud them for including the Che shirts in the ban.
It might educate a few people, anyway.
snork wrote:
Didn’t he smoke Cuban cigars?????
pat wrote:
They’re building the reeducation camps in Oklahoma right now. You’re going to feel like a real nitwit when they send you off to Jesus camp.
So far I’m really liking this Flock browser. Never heard of it before, found out by chance a little while ago.
@ jakee308:
I really want to know why Progressives support this loser. Gus802 has convinced Charles that Che is some hero.
Rodan wrote:
It’s possible CJ suffered a head injury, fell off his bike or something. If he can be convinced of that, something really isn’t right.
@ teacake:
Nah, He’s really a 3rd Worldist.
wolfie wrote:
Yeah.
@ Rodan:
I don’t think they do any sort of research on these people. I have a feeling they believe they were harmless, selfless rebels against The Man.
@ pat:
Ah, Charles’s Johnson now claims criticizing Che Guevara is raaaaacist?
A C2 commenter has this rather interesting “non-comment comment” on CJ’s coming out of the closet.
Rodan wrote:
Rodan, a few years back this lefty guy was going on and on about how our lifestyle causes poverty in the world. I asked him, oh? Are the poor people in the US poor because you have it better than they do? He agreed it didn’t have a connection, but I still don’t think he got it.
Well, g’nite!
@ Russia on ice:
Keep in Mind I’m Spaniard/Lebanese-Dominican/Puerto Rican/Sicilian. They claim because I always attack Castro and Chavez, I hate Hispanics. Does that seem like twisted logic? It’s because Gus802 is the son of an Argentine Nazi and I called him out.
@ Rodan:
He was a Romantic hero, the Great Motorcycle Hippie. Being completely ignorant of Argentina, whose population is more uniformly European in origin than our own, they fancied him as a 3rd world “noble savage” fighting against white capitalist hegemony.
At the same time, he was very like most of the lefty boomers themselves, a white bourgeois kid who went to college and then rebelled against the Establishment.
I agree with teacake that his violence gave the lefties a vicarious thrill.
If I made a movie about Che, I would be sure to show him late in life, strutting around terrorizing the Bolivian campesinos, and then grovelling and whimpering for mercy like a scared baby when the Bolivian army caught him. The fact is, he died like a coward….and the Bolivians danced in the street when he did.
Rodan wrote:
Really?
@ wolfie:
You nailed it. One of my loves when I was young was Argentine-Lebanese. My hood back in the 80′s/90′s had Argentine Italians. See with Latin America, even if the people are not 100% Biologically European, they are 100% European by Culture. Many Americans really can’t grasp it’s about culture, not race.
Russia on ice wrote:
Yes. That was good.
@ wolfie:
Yes, he’s Argentine German.
Rodan wrote:
No truer words were spoken!
@ Rodan:
A lot of them were Nazi sympathizers or Peronista fascists. Or both at the same time.
But what makes you think his father was?
@ wolfie:
He admitted his Grandfather was a Wehrmacht Officer. Plus his actions show his Socialist tenancies. He also never disputed my calling him out.
@ wolfie:
See Race is biological, I’m about Borders, Language and Culture.
@ Rodan:
Very interesting.
National Socialism, Communism, Peronismo, Maoism….All so similar.
Different brands of one socialism.
Rodan wrote:
Me too. I don’t give a damn about “the white race.” Or any race. What I care about is the preservation of Western culture.
@ wolfie:
Yup here’s a video I posted many times but it nails it!
@ wolfie:
Exactly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
I’m about Borders, Language Culture. Islam is not compatible with our civilization. It’s goal is the extermination of us. They don’t hate us because of our freedoms like the phony Compassionate conservatives claim. They hate us becasue we are not islamic. That is the truth.
You know what is sad, that in today’s society I am the bad guy. I’m not joking, someone like me is considered evil. But Che, Bin Laden, Nasrallah and Charles Johnson are considered good. Well if that’s the case, I will wear the bad guy label with pride.
Rodan wrote:
What? Race is biological? Who taught you this trash?
=)
@ Rodan:
Okay, here goes:
First some bona fides: I spent a few years in the late 60′s and early 70′s around/with assorted leftists/communists/radicals and other college rabble rousers in New Haven CT. I was myself, for a time, of a similar mindset. Like them, I mentally styled myself as an anti-establishment rebel/freedom fighter just one or two steps away from acting against the government and ending the rule of the ‘imperialist’ government of the U.S. (picture visions of black-clad, camo wearing guerillas fighting in the streets of american cities in a valiant effort to prevent the further enslavement of the people by the capitalist running dogs of Wall Street and D.C.) Think Walter Mitty-like daydreams of glory and bravery and at the end a cheering populace, grateful for your sacrifices, willing to let YOU govern them since you had shown how self-less, wise and strong you were.
(pause while everyone stops giggling)
This ‘internal video’ wasn’t just playing in MY head. It was one that WAS actually acted on by a few in the SDS and the WU. (to their regret). We grew up watching Fidel et al battling it out with the forces of Batista in Cuba with the ultimate outcome as you know. We didn’t know much of the understory and the Media wasn’t telling the entire OVER story to the full extent either. What we saw was a young idealistic college student return to his country to take it away from a Dictator oppressing his people (supported by our own totalitarian imperialists). It was VERY ROMANTIC (not in the gushy way) and he actually succeeded. (it reminded us of what we were taught about OUR forefathers and their rebellion).
That he almost immediately spit in the U.S.’s face and embraced Russian Communism was only a little bothersome. (hey, he knew that the U.S. wanted to put Batista or some other Dictator back in and where else could he go for help?) And the killings and beatings, Well they were Batista sycophants and anti-revolutionaries plus the media was probably exaggerating anyway. Even the Missile crisis wasn’t unexpected (hey we tried to take it all back at the Bay of Pigs, Right?)
All the while, Che Guevara was prancing around Central and South America spreading the gospel according to Fidel (with lots of Rubles to help). We all thought the whole hemisphere would go communist in a few years and the U.S. would be forced to enact anti-capitalist measures that would allow the little people to live well and not be the ‘wage slaves’ of the wealthy and the unicorns and fairies would dance around the rainbows. (spit)
When they Killed Che, it was the end of that dream. It was a cold bucket of water, reminding us all that sometimes the Righteous don’t win and win you play the revolutionist game, when you lose you die. (remember this is the viewpoint I and others had at the time.)
So Che’ is like the communist Jesus. We believed in him and they killed him and forever we would honor his name. It doesn’t matter that he was an asthmatic who, as far as I know, never fought any battles. It doesn’t matter that he represented a totalitarian regime that has enslaved and impoverished their own people in the name of ‘equality’ and ‘justice’. It doesn’t matter that he was trying to bring bloodshed and destruction to the little countries struggling in the Americas. It only matters that HE WAS A REVOLUTIONARY ICON. The left, in America, worships the idea of armed struggle because they’ve never had to actually DO IT. They’re in love with the IDEA of REVOLUTION and SOCIAL EQUALITY. Which is why they elected Obama and why they think Socialism or Communism will bring peace and happiness despite all the evidence to the contrary.
I guarantee you that every Che` worshiper harbors an inner vision of themselves liberating their fellow workers and being praised and elevated to a position of authority due to their sacrifice and dedication to the ideals of REVOLUTION!!!
And we all know how they’ll govern, don’t we?
PS. now doesn’t this give some insight into charles johnson?
I guarantee, he fancies himself some kind of ‘savior’/shepherd of the ‘people’ and he gets angry and feels hurt and unappreciated when he doesn’t get the adulation and adoration from his followers.
@ Rodan:
don’t think that just because the media/hollywood continue to press this perception upon you that it’s true. You need to spend some time in ‘flyover’ country where the exact opposite of what the media presents as the ‘norm’. Despite the constant drumbeat of counter opinion by various media outlets, the people of the U.S. are still basically;
conservative
god fearing
honest
truthful
courageous
loving
generous
hard working
patient
without prejudice
etc.
Rodan; you are not alone.
@ jakee308:
Wow. I’m gonna print that out and hand it to my kids.
@ jakee308:
Insightful — I think you’re spot on.
Marsoupial got all his posts deleted!
His whole existance at LGF gone!
Even the post about just because you live in an urban area a bat may bite your dog and give it rabies.
I posted a public*/-9 awae89*-ness post! and chuckie the clown deleted it ourt of spite.
Hey Chuck!!!! I hope your lover gets bit by a bat!
@ jakee308:
Wow, that’s deep. See my Family was always Rightwing Latin so Che was like a traitor/ Lucifer type to me growing up. your insight explains their fascination with this thug amazing.
@ Bunk X:
The Progressives!
Possum wrote:
Repost, because I was fighting off a rabid bat!
Here’s a nice blog (linked earlier in this thread, I think) -- I like the reference to Blogmocracy in a link list called “LIZARD DIASPORA.”
Spin, strangeness, and charm
Lizard Diaspora
* Correspondence Committee
* Jammie Wearing Fool
* The Blogmocracy
* Zombietime
@ Possum:
The angry lizard’s head exploded, sounds like.
Eliana wrote:
Eleana-- The reference to Charles Johnson was the least of the points made.
@ coldwarrior:
Well done,
It captures the spirit of those liberated and progressive time & place. My father was asked to fly for the Biafran and Katangese Air Forces, he told ‘em to bugger off, he had done enough of that for the RAF in WW2. Is that your own composition?
My progressive credentials took a severe knock at University, when I was asked why I was not attending the rally to commemorate Che’s birthday. I replied that the best thing about him was the CIA supplied Bolivian Army bullets currently lodged in his skeleton. Certain liberty and equality types had the audacity to publicly wonder whether I was a fascist or not.
@ Bunk X:
Yes -- jakee308′s entire comment was excellent.
I didn’t mean to denigrate it by only picking up on his closing remarks.
@ Eliana:
Not knocking you at all Ms. El. =)
@ Bunk X:
Tenk you, Bunk X!
@ wolfie:
The inhuman race…
Bob Dylan said something about wandering bootheels once. Even he didn’t know what it meant. I’m outta here.
I read in the comments earlier that Johnson is now saying criticism of Che is ‘racist’. I can’t believe even he is that stupid.
I’ve always been partial to this record photo of Ernesto Guevarra:
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/che/dead-che.gif
This photo with guy in the company uniform behind the corpse just must burn the lefties up every time they see it with him just standing there over his trophy with out showing a hint of emotion.
My kinda guy.
OK let me guess -- photoshop is your friend?
Please tell me that I did not kill the thread -- I rarely comment
@ Calo:
You didn’t!
It’s just really late here for some of us and really early for others.
Menopause is a **itch!
@ Calo:
@ Calo:
No you did not kill the thread, everybody is still mourning Che and can’t stop giggling.
Sort of OT,
While the left really loves a dead terrorist, they ignore the live ones especially when they turn their terrorism into a lucrative industry.
Yup, the Somali Pirates are being creative and Pamela has the story.
@ African Moondog:
Quite a problem -- the solution is more than the US gov’t wants to bear
@ Calo:
Somalia has always been anarchic. In the 19th Century the first rule of diplomacy was “Don’t fuck around with the Royal Navy”. Piracy in those waters disappeared.
In the 20th Century the same rule applied but this time the USN had taken on the role. The results were the same.
Now?
Reading some news, I’m reminded of an opinion that I hold very, very strongly:
It is my certain opinion that John F. Kerry is a pompous ass, a liar, a coward, a traitor and is totally without honor or scruple.
I knew him when he was an Ensign and he was an ass then and he has not improved one whit since then.
Good morning everyone!
@ African Moondog:
The problem isn’t policy, it’s means.
In the days of sail or even reciprocal steam (light weight gasoline powered marine engines have only been a viable means of deep water propulsion within the last 30 years.) the pirate could usually be detected soon enough for avoidance and/or defensive preparation.
Today with skiffs capable of 20 to 40 knots speed and lightweight weapons capable of significant damage coupled with the difficult legal aspects of armed Merchantman, the pirates are able to attack their unarmed, slow moving targets with relative impunity.
The only counter to this mobility would be to field a fleet of similar skiffs and small craft with coordination and communication but this tactic is thwarted by the size of the pirates’ possible operational area.
The optimal solution would be inshore patrols that would discover/interdict the pirates in their lairs/staging points before they begin their forays. Somalia and Eritrea have NO effective governance that has an interest in doing so. In fact it is most likely that the ‘warlords’ are themselves the financiers and organizers of these assaults.
pat wrote:
CJ has become part of the problem.
@ Rodan:
Well yes.
The NSDAP and the CPSU were basically gangs fighting over resources (land and laborers). The war on the Eastern Front was basically a series of drive by shootings carried out on an industrial scale.
Good morning all!
Idiots believe Che was a little man fighting against the big, bad government. Simple anti-authoritarian sentiment.
And nothing more.
Typically they’ll view anyone telling them otherwise as part of the problem, making reversing their position near impossible. They feel empowered and “special” at being a part of something new and revolutionary, and this feeling is reinforced by celebrity support for Che. In fact, the less they know likely adds to the positive feeling.
Unfortunately, the lessons that they need to learn will not be taught by educators, the media, or their families. Which leaves the rest of us to suffer.
Good morning, y’all.
Good grief: criticizing a murder is now racist is some circles?
@ goddessoftheclassroom:
{goddess}
Not in my circle.
Morning.
@ goddessoftheclassroom:
Good morning everyone!
{Goddess,} before I forget, Tanker is being deployed to Afghanistan in a couple of weeks.He/she requested prayers for family and self.
goddessoftheclassroom wrote:
Good morning Beautiful.. {{Goddess}} Those who think criticizing Che is racists are either terminally stupid or have been deceived about who he was and what he really did.
My favorite story about Che was when he surrendered he cried out “Don’t shoot, I am Che and am worth more to you alive then dead”. Had he lived he undoubtedly would have gone over to the Palestinians and the Israelis would have killed him.
{Bumr50}
{Beltfed}
When I left the other place, I was so happy to find the Blogmocracy. I never thought that it would become what I loved most about TOP.
OT- Just came from a pretty shocking (to me, at least) summation of the stealth jihad going on at Ft. Hood.
@ vagabond trader:
{vagabond trader}
Done. Please convey my personal thanks to him and his family for his service.
@ doriangrey:
{doriangrey}
I know your new schedule is a challenge to you, but I’m loving seeing you here to start my day!
@ Speranza:
My favorite story about Che, is how the Bolivian Government executed him, I get chocked up every time I read it. Che Guevara murdered over 800 people with his own hands, he was the worst psychopathic/sociopathic serial killer in history.
@ goddessoftheclassroom:
After stressing over every word that I wrote over at TOP in an effort to get my point across without being ridiculed or belittled, the Blogmocracy has been an environment where I can express my ideas and feelings without fear, for which I am thankful.
@ Speranza:
That is a great story! I love the disdainful ciggie smoking guy in the above pic.Probably flicked ashes on the corpse too.
In case anyone missed it, the Polish are not to be outdone by the Swiss,Che and all communist imagery outlawed in Poland.
http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2009/11/poland-bans-che-guevara-tshirts-along-with-all-communist-symbols.html
@ goddessoftheclassroom:
Meh, it’s a job, considering California has a 12.6 percent unemployment rate I am thankful to still have it. And as you point out, getting up an hour earlier does have advantages to it…
@ Bumr50:
What the…. Yes, it is blood money and if anyone accepted it they played right into muzz hands. Heads should roll, no pun intended.
Now that I’m in a thoroughly cheerful mood, I must go forth to civilize the Visigoths. They shall be subdued!
Have a great day, y’all!
@ Bumr50:
ROTFLMAO… I was just thinking that a certain imbecilic prick over at TOP has inadvertently become the King George of the blogsphere. When King George of England refused to grand representation to the Colonists in America, stifled their ability to freely discuss their concerns and attempted to tax the living crap out of them the American Revolution took place and the United States of America was born.
The internet version of that same event is clearly analogous as the Mad King over at TOP and the result is The Blogmocracy…
@ goddessoftheclassroom:
Happy subduing!
@ goddessoftheclassroom:
LOL!
@ goddessoftheclassroom:
Oh no my dear, do not subdue them, grab them by the ears, shake their heads until they are good and riled up, then make sure to point them in the right direction when you let them go…
@ doriangrey:
Indeed!
I keep finding more and more parallels between ourselves and the colonists.
I always use that analogy when it comes to gun control, and get the typical “it’s a different world” rebuttal, as though our society is somehow more civil today.
@ vagabond trader:
I regret that I’m busy today, or I’d try and submit a guest post.
I think that’s threadworthy.
@ Bumr50:
It certainly is! You have keen insight and should work on it when you get a chance.Today tomorrow,no matter, this is an important example of the subtle methods Islam uses to impose sharia on unsuspecting victims.
In other news,
Al Gore has canceled a lecture he was supposed to give at Copenhagen
Hmmm…..perhaps the planet savers are more rattled by Climatequiddick than they let on.
mornin proles…it’s pay day for some,mine was on the first. the new 5 year plan by dear leader calls for us to be paid in potatoes.
@ vagabond trader:
Thanks!
It makes me wonder how much influence Islam has on our military. It’s a world that I don’t have much access to, but ISNA has no business being anywhere near it.
They are the enemy. It’s insanity.
vagabond trader wrote:
Apparently someone at the DOD was asleep right after 9/11 when Rudy told the Saudi prince where to stick his million dollar check…
@ African Moondog:
More like they are regrouping to cover their rear. Did you see this bit of irony.Once again our idiot savant potus is on the wrong side of an issue.
mawskrat wrote:
Only is you bow down and worship him though… for those who refuse, they/we get paid in used potatoes…
@ vagabond trader:
Sorry, link. We know why the Sauds are skeptics but still.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/12/climategate_will_derail_copenh.html
Good morning !
@ mawskrat:
My hubby of Polish Italian extraction would be quite content to receive potatoes as payment.
Good morning sveryone.
Guggi wrote:
NOt to be the pig in the crowd, but so there are 2 guys singing good morning to a girl and they all have big smiles on their faces? OK?
@ RIX:
Good morning to you as well RIX…
@ doriangrey:
Just wanted to say that I think it’s awesome that you’re able to work your new schedule and maintain your blog.
@ vagabond trader:
Vodka?
Interesting, I am in a hotel room & just turned on the TV
they are talking about the “Nontroversy”. It was featured in
yesterday’s paper & all over talk radio.
Don’t they know that CJ has issued a ceases & desist order to stop talking about it?
doriangrey wrote:
Morning Dorian.
Morning everyone, happy Friday.
RIX wrote:
No body seems to be worried about being a “kook” anymore. It is very sad. Talking of kooks, we have not had a BBQ and beer thread for some time.
@ Rightside:
Rightside… Good morning and happy payday err Friday to you as well…
@ RIX:
Are you still wearing your robe and turban?
Bumr50 wrote:
I wish I was better at maintaining my blog, but for now the infrequent updates are the best I can do. I have no intention of turning my blog into a news of the day blog, their are plenty of those already. My aspirations for my blog are to post thought provoking articles related to what this great republic has become, what our founding fathers intended it to be and how we return to the path they originally set us upon.
@ African Moondog:
Morning
Bumr50 wrote:
Nah, I want it clean & fresh for the return flight today, so I hung it in the closet.
I am hoping for an upgrade.
Iran says it won’t work with UN nuke agency beyond minimum
And this is news how? And oh Obama, how’s that love with the muslim world gong?
@ Guggi:
wow they had way to much caffiene
@ Bumr50:
Single malt whisky.For a peasant he has eclectic tastes.
@ Guggi:
Love that movie, saw it the other day.
vagabond trader wrote:
you will like your victory gin says dear leader
When I see someone wearing a che shirt, I always ask them if they were all out of pol pot shirts. Most have no idea who he is either.
OK friends, time to run off to the salt mines, I’m still on “trial period” and have to prove all over again that I am a valuable employee worth the company keeping me…
Rightside wrote:
3rd base for the Chicago Cubs right?
@ mawskrat:
lol,he is more the Soma kind of guy. Blue pill red pill…
@ Nevergiveup:
No, that’s Sosa.
Way off of topic, we got out to see the Mayan Prophesy movie 2012 over the weekend.
The plot is a little thin & the acting is not great, but the special effects are outstanding, really outstanding.
Good popcorn movie.
@ Rightside:
http://www.moonbattery.com/che-guevara-communism-killed-tshirt.jpg
Rightside wrote:
Sammy Sosa, what a narcissistic non-team player. It was always about him & his stats.
I am a White Sox fan, so I was glad that we dumped him. The Cubs put up with him for too long.
Well I had to pay a condolence call last night and got home late. Got up early this AM to see my 6:00 AM patient and had to pack first. I hater packing at 4:00 AM, I always forget things--usually my shoes, but I remembered them this AM. Wonder what I forgot? Well I am soon off to the wonderful State of CT.
@ vagabond trader:
Excellent!
@ RIX:
Base a ball been berry berry good to me!
@ Nevergiveup:
Drive safe.
At least you are not getting underway, and can’t buy a replacement of what you might forget!
@ Rightside: morning RS, missed the hello yesterday so I wanted to be first :>) and hello to the rest of you denizens.
@ apachegunner:
Top o’ the morning to you, gunner.
@ African Moondog:
They’ve just had all the “scientific” evidence for their chicken-little theoy knocked down. What parts of it aren’t obviously false are questionable, if for no other reason than that the source has been compromised. They’ve been relying on screaming “Science!” like it were a magic word to end opposition, and now that “science” appears to be largely fraud and wishful thinking. I wonder if Penn and Teller will do a “Bullshit!” episode on GoreBull Warming? It has all kinds of comic potential…
Rightside wrote:
berry, berry good.
When Sosa got to Baltimore , before ever playing a game he said to the media, “Welcome to my new house” His team mates were not happy.
He then proceeded to hit something like 220.
Nevergiveup wrote:
wasn’t nobama supposed to do something by december if iran continued its course? havn’t heard nuttin, i must have been hearing things i guess.
doriangrey wrote:
just don’t bow or get on your knees
Good morning everyone. This is a drive by but want to show my sentiments.
Iron Fist wrote:
my bet is that this will do nothing to stop the vermin pushing AGW and the stupid american people will continue to go along with it. they’ve been taught that the stuff is really real. these are the same people who will vote demoncratic in 2010.
@ RIX:
Morning Rix,
I am in for a bit and away for longer these days.
Taliban Detainee Claims Bin Laden Seen in Afghanistan
Bullshit: He’s dead
@ Rightside:
There are some great ones! My vehicle would be totaled if I parked it around here displaying any of those.
my bet is that this will do nothing to stop the vermin pushing AGW and the stupid american people will continue to go along with it. they’ve been taught that the stuff is really real. these are the same people who will vote demoncratic in 2010.
This whole idea that ‘Sceptics” are somehow anti- science is ludicrous.
Doesn’t scepticism aid scientific inquiry? There is a political agenda & financial incentive for the AGW crowd.
Scientist impersonators like Charles take things on blind faith cherry pick what supports their view & mocki what does not.
Back in the day , he would have insisted that Galileo renounce his view & buy into Flat Earth.
@ Iron Fist:
One thing is for certain. It’s settled science that charles F’in johnson is a moron.
*deleting posts that mention the climategate scandal is like plugging your ears and saying LA LA LA LA LA LA I CANT HEAR YOU*
@ apachegunner:
I’m afraid you are right. The question is will that be enough for the Democrats? I don’t think that it will. Another thing, Obama may sign a scrap of paper in Copenhagen (just as Bill Clinton did at Kyoto), but especially after Climategate I don’t think you will see the Senate ratify anything on the issue. Remember, Clinton didn’t even try to get Kyoto ratified. Now, after Climategate, the mood of the senate on the issue is likely to be even more hostile to the idea of trashing the American economy in the name of a climate boogyman that doesn’t exist…
@ Nevergiveup:
The only wonderful part of CT is where we live!New London/Groton is lovely this time of year.
@ mawskrat:
just don’t bow or get on your knees
You don’t have to pray to a little tin god
Step out of the way for a little tin god
You might fear the reaper, you might fear the rod
But you never have to get down on your knees
You don’t have to holler, please, please
No, you never have to get down on your knees
For a little tin god
Don Henley
Che Guevara they worship the bastard.
//at least the chick is hot
@ Grimcargo:
Cute! You could get lucky like these brothers did.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34264774/ns/world_news-wonderful_world/
vagabond trader wrote:
Well we will see what the Unit is doing this weekend. Since it is Christmas and all I am pretty sure we will all go out this Weekend. If not I will with some of the Other Officers. We will see.
@ Rightside:
The more he delets shit, the more convinced I become that there really is something there. Science is supposed to welcome debate and discussion. The Global Warmists do not. They try to shut down debate through sleazy means like labeling people that don’t buy into their pet theory lock, stock, and barrel as deniers (with all the subtle holocaust denial baggage that comes with it). These people don’t want an honest debate, which tells me they don’t think they can win an honest debate.
Which tells me all I need to know about the state of their “science”. It ain’t very scientific, this “science” of which they speak…
@ Nevergiveup:
I detect a casino commando run! Have a great time!
@ Iron Fist:
Which tells me all I need to know about the state of their “science”. It ain’t very scientific, this “science” of which they speak…
I get the feeling if they could, they would burn AGW sceptics at the stake as heritics.
@ vagabond trader:
I printed this one out and it’s above my desk!
vagabond trader wrote:
Well maybe, but not if it’s up to me.
@ Nevergiveup:
We aren’t fans ourselves.Some good restaraunts and watering holes down that way.
@ Rightside:
That would make libral heads ‘splodey!
@ Nevergiveup: morning doc
apachegunner wrote:
Morning
vagabond trader wrote:
Yeah. I basically go with the flow. I don’t really try to influence the group all that much. But i sure have a good time with them
A San Diego area congressman and Iraq war veteran is asking Defense Secretary Robert Gates to look into charges levied against three Navy SEALs in connection with the alleged abuse of a detainee in Iraq in early September, calling the charges an “overreaction.”
“It’s just so absurd. I mean, they split his lip. In a boxing situation, that’s legal,” Rep. Duncan D. Hunter, R-Calif., told Navy Times during a telephone interview Thursday. “They punched a terrorist in the face and, boom, we’re going to launch these guys out of the Navy.”
Like father like son: Maybe we have a rising star here
RIX wrote:
Finally it is being discussed. Much to the chagrin of the msm, who can’t ignore it at this point. They get so annoyed when they have to do their jobs.
I bet stupid Charlie Gibson is still saying, “Climategate? Never heard of it?”
@ chickadee:Finally it is being discussed. Much to the chagrin of the msm, who can’t ignore it at this point. They get so annoyed when they have to do their jobs.
I bet stupid Charlie Gibson is still saying, “Climategate? Never heard of it?”
The story is too big to ignore & they do not know how to spin it, without sounding like raving loons like, um, ah he has a blog.
Hmmm, it will come to me.,
Later gators
Prostitutes Offer Free Climate Summit Sex
I don’t know. maybe there is something to this climate change stuff?
Nevergiveup wrote:
Imagine what this does to the morale of those in the military. They have to be on constant guard against the enemy and our gov’t that is constantly undermining them. The terrorists are loving this shit. Laughing their asses off at how ‘we’ do everything ‘we’ can to give them the advantage.
Fck this suicidal nonsense.
15:48 Report: Russia, U.S. may sign nuclear arms reduction treaty next week (DPA
????
I wonder what Obama is going to give away unilaterally now?
chickadee wrote:
But this is really just par for the course. I mean Chris Mathews and his liberal friends think West Point is enemy territory. Ya just can’t make this shit up
New & Improved Che T-Shirt
Rodan, in answer to your question of why do progressives admire Che Guevara, the answer is simple, in my opinion: the Left admires the goals Guevara pursued. They want a utopian society as much as Guevara wanted, and while they don’t publicly condone the means, they don’t object. After all, as far as they’re concerned, the ends justifies the means. That ends my preaching to the choir.
On an off-topic matter, has anybody mentioned that pee pee head’s blog is now password protected? Not the comments section, but the entire blog. What could pee pee head possibly have to hide on his blog?
@ Nevergiveup:
They won’t call Jihadi murderers the enemy, but US troops, well, what else would you call them?
*spit*
@ Morgan:
Interesting. Maybe he figures that now that he has his commenters pared down to ten or fifteen people, there is no need to open up himself to ridicule by, well, us about how pathetic his comments section is. This isn’t exactly a good way to grow your readership, though. Circling the drain, I think…
@ Morgan:
He took his blog and went home.
@ Morgan:
Hmm, it’s not passworded to me?
@ Rightside:
I’m referring to the blogger known as Defenseman. His blog is password protected, at least for me, it is.
CJ has read again a book and now he is an expert in “sex laws” in Uganda and the bad, bad influence of US-Christians (c-street) there.
The header is: Audio: The Secret Political Reach of ‘The Family’
It’s about a new book written by Jeff Sharlet and an interview for NPR about the book, where he accuses the above mentioned “Family” to be the mastermind behind a disgusting law in Uganda against homosexuality which includes the death penalty.
I haven’t read the book so I provide an (imho) insightful review of a certain reader:
So far so good. But a little research of the story reveals that the story is a bit different and that Uganda has a huge problem with what is called “defilement” and boy-soldiers:
From another link 40,000 pupils defiled by their teachers in Uganda it becomes clear that the laws are not only against homosexuality but likewise against harassments of boys and girls and to protect the society of a growing Aids-disaster.
The new laws protect girls and boys likewise and are not intended to make homosexuality a crime per se and it is not a conspiracy of the “evil religious US-American right” against Ugandan gays. Btw.: an additional research how homosexuality was treated in pre-colonial times would be interesting.
Uganda is hunted by a conflict in which the terrorists use children as soldiers, sex-slaves and force them to unbelievable brutality against other children and the society as a whole.
Kony’s Ugandan LRA is a well-ordered fighting force, whose senior officers have been trained by Sudan, Iran and Iraq
To misuse the plight of the Ugandan youth’s to fire a cheap shot against the “religious right” in the USA is intellectually dishonest, a sloppy research, completely unscientific and bares the lack of empathy for those children. You and your “community of lizards” should be ashamed for not fact checking the claim and for down dinging and ankle-biting a certain poster.
Therefore I’m very happy that the first hearse chaser from DailyK has already arrived to attract members of your community to DailyK. Maybe it was not your brightest idea to purify your community out of nearly all of the right wingers ?
now for some real news that matters.
Breast Implants Divorce
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — You could call it a custody fight over the breasts. North Dakota’s Supreme Court is considering whether the value of breast implants should be part of a divorce case.
When Traci and Erik Isaacson split, their assets were divided, the lawyer for Erik Isaacson argues the five-grand spent on his wife’s breast implants should have been counted when their stuff was divvied-up. Traci Isaacson’s attorney says the plastic surgery wasn’t an issue during the divorce trial, so it shouldn’t be the
basis of an appeal.
…………………………………………………………….
Is he asking for visitation rights or joint custody? Is he willing to provide support?
@ Morgan:
Oh! thaaaaat pee-pee head.
Bolivian soldier takes out Che
Captain Kirk takes out Charles
Mixed 50/50 snow and rain at Galleria, nothing sticking. Yet.
@ Guggi:
what a tool that guy is.
I think he’ll find his new progressive friends no friends at all.
fuck him
There is hope in Chicago!
Anti-Warmist activist confront Gorebull:
Koran desecrated.
Ed Mahmoud wrote:
RoP !
@ Guggi:
Poor CJ, he can’t even get out of bed without getting pwned these days.
I keep wondering about his current attempt to snatch Koslings from their nest. How are those Libs (who don’t even like to keep score at sports) going to take to the rigid Karma scoring system? What will CJ do the first time one of them launches into an Alex Jones-rhapsody about how “Bush Knew”? I can’t imagine that the Libs are going to tolerate his obvious dishonesty and pissy pettiness any more than conservatives did, no matter what he says about politically.
@ Ed Mahmoud:
Snow out in Ft Bend county earlier -- now, just rain
Rightside wrote:
nor me
Morgan wrote:
That is such a pity, I have fond memories of Defenseman. I think Hon Yooper sold it to Reggie who know says horrible things about Rodan which no one can see. Or perhaps Irish Rose has become more explicit about Lars and the tips that she gives on the correct way of performing a Swedish massage while hanging out the laundry is not fit for public consumption.
@ Ed Mahmoud:
I tried to register with GCP and was promptly banned for my efforts. I believe the same thing happened to Chen Zhen so I am in good company.
‘Mediators want Hamas to cut Shalit swap demands’
Amid rumors of Shalit transfer to Egypt, Hamas tells Al-Quds al-Arabi Israel refusing to conclude deal. 13:43
I’m sorry but you’ve already lost if you even start to negotiate with these terrorists
Well this is interesting. we’ve all heard the stories about how Obama, as the first “black” President, is getting unprecedented numbers of threats, right? It appears that this is being brought to us by the same people who brought us “glowball worming” because the Secret Service says it isn’t so:
Now, I’m certainly not condoning anyone threatening the President, but can we cut the hysteria that “racists” are all “out to get” Obama because he is “black”?
One great thing about capitalism and a bad thing about our education system?
To younger generations, Che Guevara is more a T-shirt than a political icon.
Rightside wrote:
Morning! Ya know what could be funny, if anyone has photoshop skills, would be to fashion a tattooed trendy with a Che cap, arafat scarf, Mao t shirt, obama button and what other accessories, perhaps railing about nazis or something.
Just an idea.
@ African Moondog:
I registered with GCP myself, but I’m still waiting for a second confirmation e-mail. A similar thing happened when I registered with The Brussels Journal, and I never got that second e-mail. I just logged in under the username and password I selected and had no problems.
I have no control over who gets in or not at GCP.
I’ll PM a Mod, I guess.
@ Guggi:
Good Mornin, good mornin’.
Whoa, Thank you Guggi, for fleshing out the Uganda sutuation.
And HI JAKEE.
Poteen wrote:
There was a great version of the Che T-shirt that used to be in the ad column on The People’s Cube. It was the classic Che icon, except the face was a skull, the hair was all ratty, and the inscription was: “CHE IS DEAD — GET OVER IT!”
I regret now not ordering one.
HAHAHAH wonderful and hilarious.
@ Iron Fist:
chuckles raved about neocons being RAAAAACIISSSSSTSSSS because the threat level increased for obama.
chuckles debunked.
He’ll post a retraction in 3…2….1
Admin doesn’t recall seeing a “African Moondog” nic attempt to register.
I’d try again.
Chen wasn’t allowed to stay (nor Nodrog), because they aren’t trying to replace LGF, right down to the resident liberals.
I asked to keep Nodrog as a piñata, but I don’t pay the bills or do the admin chores.
Is GCP Gulf Coast Pundit? I registered there a while back and never posted.
I just want to thank Guggi again for that Ugandan stuff.
I don’t care who attends prayer meetings.
But… Now that I get the situation, I have skimmed the thread at TOP, and come to the conclusion,
(especialy after seeing the downdings on #105 that the prevailing wisdom of “Yertle the Turtle” ( Thanks Buzz) and his green slime is that coercive sexual abuse and child rape are excusable if it gives you
some fake-ass point to make against Christians.
SPIT !
@ Iron Fist:
Now, I’m certainly not condoning anyone threatening the President, but can we cut the hysteria that “racists” are all “out to get” Obama because he is “black”?
I thought we were out to get him because he’s a Chicago mobster who wants to steal our money.
Wolfie: you still here?
jakee308 wrote:
You and I might be the same age-ish. Sounds like you know what you are talking about. I think I might save your comment for the kids.
New (12/3) article on Climategate: NASA may be America’s CRU. It links to an analysis of who are the major players in Climategate based on the (so-far) leaked emails. Phil Jones is #1, Gavin Schimdt (Realclimate.org) comes in at #6 overall (2nd American, surprisingly, ahead of Michael Mann who comes in as #10 overall). The analysis shows James Hansen is in fact mentioned in some of the leaked emails (unlike some articles I’ve seen, e.g. JWF?).
Gulf Coast Pundit is defunct, person who operated it was conservative except very, very strongly pro-abortion, and pulled the plug shortly after the Tiller business.
Now GCP is Grouchy Conservative Pundits.
Note from Admin
IP addys that are used by Spammers, gmail and .ru addys are circular filed.
Disposable type addies, I’d assume including Hotmail, don’t get a second look.
Poteen wrote:
I thought we were out to get him because he’s a Chicago mobster who wants to steal our money.
That’s why a lot of them voted for him.
@ nil stooge:
It just gets better every day, doesn’t it? Interestingly, Hansen told a British newspaper last week that he would not be attending the Climate Carnival in Copenhagen, stating it would be a “farce”. What is not a farce are the millions (perhaps to be billions) of dollars thrown away on this voodoo.
From the WUWT “So Where’s the Oh Snap! Email?” comments, clarification (as if further is needed) for those (e.g. CJ/LGF) who claim that the links provided by Realclimate.org, and labelled ‘raw data’, are in fact not raw data (which fact Gavin Schmidt of realclimate.org occasionally admits in between bouts of trying to obfuscate same):
It’ll be interesting to see what’s in the next batch of leaked emails, etc. Wonder if the leaker is following the BigGovernment/Breitbart model of releasing more evidence after major players have further implicated/impeached themselves.
@ nil stooge:
Isn’t realclimate.org really a left-wing policy site, rather than a bona-fide scientific site, like WUWT and AJ Strata? IIRC, isn’t it funded by the Tides Foundation, or have I gotten all these organizations shuffled around in my brain?
Rodan, I don’t know if you have read this article but it is just about mandatory to give to any fool who ever glorifies that scumbag Che Guevara.
Oh how I wish that the Hollywood useful idiots who make movies that romanticize him could sit here and explain away all the specifics in this article. For instance, the Rigoberto Hernandez episode, Che Guevara murdered a 17-year-old retarded boy with no trial (Che didn’t believe in trials as they delayed the satisfaction of his bloodlust too long) accusing him ridiculously of being a CIA agent.
hLink here, published Oct 2009 in The American Thinker
@ Scott Madsen:
That was great, they got right up in his face.More civil disobedience needed!
Couldn’t navigate for shit and spent the last two weeks of his miserable life lost with his fellow thugs. When the Federales finally caught up with his gang he cut and ran like the cowardly dog he was and left his men to be slaughtered. He was tracked down and shot.
wolfie wrote:
… but ALL EVIL to their core!
@ wolfie:
A ban on Che shite should get people talking, that’s for damn sure. Poland, where the Iron Curtain first started to rust, knows a bit about totalitarianism and its supporters.