"So?"
editorialcartoonists.com — A jab at the insensitivity of the current VP of the United States, Dick Cheney.
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- satyr9us, on 03/21/2008, -76/+24America doesn't want Wyoming ;)
- Hangly, on 03/22/2008, -3/+10Why is this dugg down? He means the blue banner that is the same shape and location as Wyoming. It was funny.
- richman241, on 03/22/2008, -10/+1America doesnt want you
- richman241, on 03/22/2008, -10/+1America doesn't want you
- yivkX360, on 03/22/2008, -3/+5Are you kidding? Wyoming has jackson hole and yellowstone ntl park. Old faithful ftw!
- capiCrimm, on 03/22/2008, -0/+2yellowstone is a ***** SUPER-VOLCANO. It's about as cool as grizzly bear cracking open your skull like a chestnut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supervolcano- LMaxey, on 03/22/2008, -0/+5...so pretty ***** cool?
- capiCrimm, on 03/22/2008, -0/+2yellowstone is a ***** SUPER-VOLCANO. It's about as cool as grizzly bear cracking open your skull like a chestnut.
- Idolatry, on 03/22/2008, -1/+4Ironically, Dick spent his childhood in Wymoing :)
- DavidBGie, on 03/22/2008, -14/+5Let's get out of Germany! The Russians will take care of them! -1945
Libtards never learn from history! Iraq CAN be a good country with some help!- PURPLEDRINK, on 03/22/2008, -6/+8are you're a complete ***** retard? the russians made it to berlin before we did and won WWII due to their multiple victories.
- DavidBGie, on 03/22/2008, -1/+2We waited for the Russians to enter Berlin. Learn some history before name calling.
- zeabu, on 03/22/2008, -0/+3take a map of Germany of 1945, you'll see YOU are wrong. The idea was to meet in Berlin, but the Sovjets moved on too fast. In fact, Russia was already moving towards Germany when the Allied forces tried their first D-day (in Italy, which failed). If that would have failed we would not be talking about the EU, but about the EUSSR. Same happened in the east. Nigasaki and Hiroshima happened because Japan agreed to surrender "at the end of the month" but, Russia was blitzing Manchuria, and would not have stopped there. Russia was also out for worlddominance, don't forget that. The cold war prevented that, or the fact both parties placed themselves in a deathlock by inventing the Atombomb.
It is also the reason that none of the nuclear powers has been attacked by another country, retalition would be to hard.
For the Bush-fans: Al-quaeda is NOT a country. Not is it linked to any. Afghanistan's Taleban does support it, as some tribes in Pakistan too. So the Afghan war is not discutable, the lies arround Iraq are.
And after 5 years the GOP still hasn't learnt. McCain said Iran was supporting Al-quaeda in Iraq, one being Sunnite, other being Shiite (quite die-hard ennemies one of the other). - bsurette, on 03/22/2008, -5/+1What the hell does it matter who got there first? Russia was losing - badly - until we got in the war. Both sides contributed. Russia didn't have a choice - they fought hard and sacrificed much of a generation. The US could have chilled - we didn't. We also suffered, though proportionally far far less.
- zeabu, on 03/23/2008, -0/+2@bsurette: The retreat of the Sovjets was strategic. What this provoked for the Germans, was 1000's and 1000's km of land with NOTHING. No food, no housings, no petrol for their panzers, and most importantly -20ºC and worse at winters. The Germans where stopped in 43.
The US entered the war with Germany AFTER the latter declared war at the first. The Germans could have won the war, were it not for Hitler wanting to occupy Stalingrad, instead of going for oil-fields. The Germans had the first airplanes with jet engines, they never aired because lack of petrol. Because of that, they didn't rule the air, and as a consequence, they started to lose land and sea too.
The US wanted to chill, they did not consider Nazi-germany a real problem.
- zeabu, on 03/22/2008, -0/+3take a map of Germany of 1945, you'll see YOU are wrong. The idea was to meet in Berlin, but the Sovjets moved on too fast. In fact, Russia was already moving towards Germany when the Allied forces tried their first D-day (in Italy, which failed). If that would have failed we would not be talking about the EU, but about the EUSSR. Same happened in the east. Nigasaki and Hiroshima happened because Japan agreed to surrender "at the end of the month" but, Russia was blitzing Manchuria, and would not have stopped there. Russia was also out for worlddominance, don't forget that. The cold war prevented that, or the fact both parties placed themselves in a deathlock by inventing the Atombomb.
- DavidBGie, on 03/22/2008, -1/+2We waited for the Russians to enter Berlin. Learn some history before name calling.
- PURPLEDRINK, on 03/22/2008, -6/+8are you're a complete ***** retard? the russians made it to berlin before we did and won WWII due to their multiple victories.
- chromerium, on 03/22/2008, -1/+4Its OK, Wyoming. If you want to walk out of the US and come join Australia, we'd have you. I personally think you'd make a GREAT state of Australia.
You'd have to all spend six months on a beach here though, you know, to pick up the accent. Sorry, its the only way.
You get to shout the beers.- Iconoclast25, on 03/22/2008, -2/+1How about we ship you all the liberal assholes and you guys come here? You have to leave your liberal assholes behind, of course, to teach ours how to speak. It's a lot easier to isolate a big island and this way they can interbreed to extinction as the evolutionary dead-ends they are.
- zeabu, on 03/22/2008, -1/+1The island is big enough to have diversity that can prevent interbreeding. It's not like some town in texas.
- Iconoclast25, on 03/22/2008, -2/+1How about we ship you all the liberal assholes and you guys come here? You have to leave your liberal assholes behind, of course, to teach ours how to speak. It's a lot easier to isolate a big island and this way they can interbreed to extinction as the evolutionary dead-ends they are.
- jonthebishop, on 03/21/2008, -16/+107Sometimes I wonder how Cheney sleeps at night.
- provost, on 03/21/2008, -5/+215on top of a big pile of money.
- joebonk, on 03/21/2008, -1/+11halliburton money
- DesignEx, on 03/22/2008, -1/+4With a shotgun under his pillow.
- JEAH, on 03/21/2008, -0/+2just askin!
- rentmitchum, on 03/22/2008, -1/+5I wonder how many people before me read "how does he sleep at night" and wanted to say "on top of a big pile of money" but then saw you already said it. I'm at least one of them.
- Ayavaron, on 03/22/2008, -4/+4surrounded by beautiful women.
- Tatsumi2, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1my thoughts exactly.
- capiCrimm, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1I thought he just swam in it
http://bp1.blogger.com/_x_MctNg0L2w/Ryd6Xn3mTlI/AA ... - univerio, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1I hear that cures AIDS. Does that mean he has AIDS?
Damn US government, what else have you kept from us!?- Supurcell, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1Sure he has aids; he's the Vice President. Aids are a problem that you want to have. They do the stuff that you don't want to do for you.
- joebonk, on 03/21/2008, -1/+11halliburton money
- Shiftgood, on 03/21/2008, -20/+4I bet he cries himself to sleep... people like that have issues. Like the perv in Donnie Darko.
- Danby123, on 05/03/2008, -0/+1Go suck a *****.
- DeathJux, on 03/21/2008, -2/+148He presses the "hibernate" button on his bio-mechanical life-support system and is immediately thrust into slumber.
- Dumbledorito, on 03/21/2008, -1/+82I always envisioned him using one of those Sarcophogi from "Stargate," but with more red lights and steam.
- Oronar, on 03/21/2008, -1/+17Close, he sleeps in his man-sized safe.
- AshamedAmerican, on 03/21/2008, -3/+44In a coffin.
- DteK, on 03/21/2008, -2/+72by counting iraqis jumping over an oil well
- LockeNCole, on 03/21/2008, -21/+9he puts himself to sleep wondering how you can be so un-American!
- bugsy187, on 03/22/2008, -0/+4Because an American fanatically supports his leaders and doesn't actually practice democracy?
- briguymaine, on 03/21/2008, -5/+1only sometimes?
- Shaman760, on 03/21/2008, -4/+52You have to be human to utilize the function known as "sleep".
- charbo187, on 03/21/2008, -2/+8i thought animals slept.... just sayin.
- picpak, on 03/22/2008, -6/+4Humans are animals.
- dualityim, on 03/22/2008, -1/+14All humans are animals.
Not all animals are humans.
Your statement has a gap in logic. - rentmitchum, on 03/22/2008, -1/+7Animals don't sleep.. they wait..
- Issius, on 03/22/2008, -2/+1That's Chuck Norris you're thinkin' of.
- univerio, on 03/22/2008, -0/+2No no, a dick can sleep too.
- Tetraca, on 03/22/2008, -0/+2Nonsense! Computers have a "sleep mode" as well!
- charbo187, on 03/21/2008, -2/+8i thought animals slept.... just sayin.
- lazyfisherman, on 03/21/2008, -2/+13naked, with his dick in an undisclosed, secure location
- shedtroll, on 03/21/2008, -0/+4He doesn't...
- cathl, on 03/21/2008, -0/+7He is probably a sociopath.
- fatTJ, on 03/22/2008, -0/+4The Pacemaker does most of the work
- exomni, on 03/22/2008, -0/+21Upside-down.
- TheDreadDiggerD, on 03/22/2008, -3/+7With an image of Israel over the head of his bed.
- Slagtits, on 03/22/2008, -1/+1The devils spawn needs not sleep
- AngryAngryBrian, on 03/22/2008, -1/+40MAIN BATTERY |||||||||||_____ 48%
(Charging: 7:12 remaining)
Dick OS 7.3
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Apathy Module [Done]
Greed Module [Done]
Crazy Module [Done]
Ignorance Subsystems [Done]
Aim Bot [Done]
Kindness Module [FAIL!]
Starting command prompt...
9/11>- Slagtits, on 03/22/2008, -0/+15Humanity module [Corrupt]
- exomni, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1You got me all excited: I read that "Kidneys Module [FAIL!]" the first time.
- neocognitism, on 03/22/2008, -3/+4..on top of the bodies of 8-10 freshly sacrificed young children.
- matrixbandit, on 03/26/2008, -1/+1He sleeps in a man sized safe.
(how am I the first one to make that joke??) - freedomwv, on 04/05/2008, -1/+1He sleeps pretty well I image. Remember this guy does not care about the interest of the people
- provost, on 03/21/2008, -5/+215on top of a big pile of money.
- dshey, on 03/21/2008, -13/+438what a dick.
- stardrummer, on 03/21/2008, -3/+140with easy access to a bush
- Premier, on 03/21/2008, -1/+138And neither one likes to pull out
- sockpuppets, on 03/21/2008, -1/+98I'm sure there's an ***** around the corner.
- UberNick, on 03/21/2008, -0/+95Nah, Colon dumped them a few years ago--couldn't handle being so full of ***** all the time.
- Incosian, on 03/21/2008, -1/+58Best sub-thread ever.
- gthyb, on 03/21/2008, -5/+67I see what EVERYONE did there.
- phufufoo, on 03/21/2008, -1/+32Damn, best series of replies ever. I am in awe.
- DarkJesus, on 03/22/2008, -3/+22Definitely agreed.
- LMaxey, on 03/22/2008, -1/+14And he even spelled definitely right. It's a glorious day for digg!
- Cloud7654, on 03/22/2008, -0/+9Bravo, gentlemen! Bravo.
- Vironex, on 03/22/2008, -0/+4I got really excited and dugg everyone in a whirlwind of giggles. I'm probably mildly retarded.
- TenMinuteParty, on 03/21/2008, -2/+17i see what you did there
- univerio, on 03/22/2008, -2/+6//edit: HAHAHA disregard this, I suck *****...
- 4d669, on 03/22/2008, -0/+3That's what you get when you let people from CFR in the white house.
- thzae636, on 03/22/2008, -7/+2The irony in this statement lies in Cheney's first name.
- stardrummer, on 03/21/2008, -3/+140with easy access to a bush
- guillebravo, on 03/21/2008, -29/+22Idiot...war is a waste of time and resources, you have to admit!
- heypetray, on 03/21/2008, -4/+10Great for his portfolio.
- macweirdo42, on 03/21/2008, -3/+6War is like execution, Super-Sized! Holy *****... who knew that SNL would prove to be so damn prophetic?
- warriorscot, on 03/22/2008, -0/+5Not always, but in this specific case its a waste of time and resources but its not always so, always tragic and horrible but not always useless.
- fossilnews, on 03/22/2008, -7/+2Yes, how dare we stop Hitler.
/sarcasm- zeabu, on 03/22/2008, -0/+2So Iraq had conquered the whole middle east?
- fossilnews, on 03/23/2008, -0/+0His comment said nothing about Iraq, just war in general.
- zeabu, on 03/22/2008, -0/+2So Iraq had conquered the whole middle east?
- Issius, on 03/22/2008, -0/+5Wrong. War is waste of the people's resources. It happens to be great for companies like Halliburton.
- DiggLive, on 03/21/2008, -14/+69Giggity giggity!
- DrDeThToAzT, on 03/21/2008, -16/+2I see what you did there.
- BlueStreak69, on 03/22/2008, -1/+1Where's the girl?
- CrudeDarkness, on 03/21/2008, -43/+18so?
- rsek, on 03/21/2008, -19/+6no wordpress?
or whats that sign on the left- neuron79, on 03/21/2008, -2/+5No "dubya"... as in no George Dubya Bush.
- rsek, on 03/21/2008, -10/+1I mean the "W" sign
- heypetray, on 03/21/2008, -0/+12say "W" like gWb - "dubya"
No W
*Sweats*
- heypetray, on 03/21/2008, -0/+12say "W" like gWb - "dubya"
- rsek, on 03/21/2008, -10/+1I mean the "W" sign
- jdmzpf, on 03/21/2008, -6/+3Red Forman "DUMBASS!!"
- VinceNoir, on 03/22/2008, -3/+3RedForeskin "OWWWW!!"
- walkea1, on 03/21/2008, -5/+2that too though
- neuron79, on 03/21/2008, -2/+5No "dubya"... as in no George Dubya Bush.
- allahuakbar, on 03/21/2008, -15/+9He'd rather be dictator anyway - why should he care?
- screamthenrun, on 03/21/2008, -45/+6i know what they're trying to say, but seriously... trillions?
- heypetray, on 03/21/2008, -1/+35Seriously.
- jdmzpf, on 03/21/2008, -1/+13Really.
- geneticlemon, on 03/21/2008, -1/+37Of dollars, not people, just in case some folks don't get that ...
- DeskFlyer, on 03/21/2008, -2/+9http://i31.tinypic.com/4h8w8w.jpg
- rz8472, on 03/21/2008, -0/+28While technically the war itself has "only" cost 600 Billion at this point, the $3 Trillion figure is an estimate based on the costs of rehabilitating all the returning veterans and the continued cost of the conflict.
- RRJackson, on 03/21/2008, -33/+5Also known as an, "Inflated, hysterical piece of liberal propaganda."
- JEAH, on 03/21/2008, -3/+26When when ***** like you choose to cut veteran benefits, I guess you may have a point.
- bizen, on 03/22/2008, -4/+3Hey, aren't they they ones that 'truly' support the troops? It's the Liberals that hate our fighting men and women, isn't it?
Just sayin'... - zeabu, on 03/22/2008, -0/+2@bizen: You like people fighting, why haven't YOU gone to Iraq?
- bizen, on 03/23/2008, -0/+2What? Little confused here. I don't like it at all. I want everyone to sit down and cut it out.
- bizen, on 03/22/2008, -4/+3Hey, aren't they they ones that 'truly' support the troops? It's the Liberals that hate our fighting men and women, isn't it?
- ShinRaTDR, on 03/22/2008, -1/+6"Inflated" by estimating an actual cost of treating veterans, rather than the pittance they will end up getting.
- JEAH, on 03/21/2008, -3/+26When when ***** like you choose to cut veteran benefits, I guess you may have a point.
- akamurph, on 03/23/2008, -0/+1have to agree... just like the 1 million civilians that the US troops have killed in iraq number getting thrown around
- RRJackson, on 03/21/2008, -33/+5Also known as an, "Inflated, hysterical piece of liberal propaganda."
- jdmzpf, on 03/21/2008, -14/+86Can't we just impeach the psychotic *****
- lohphat, on 03/21/2008, -3/+26No. Because the 3/4 majority in Congress isn't there. There's still 30% of in-bread morans of this country who think he's doing a bang up job keeping those terraist out of Murica.
- twinklyJesus, on 03/21/2008, -34/+4as opposed to inbred liberal "morans" who can't spell MORON? Your family tree is a Christmas wreath.
- drouk1556, on 03/22/2008, -1/+22Spelling "morons" as "morans" is an internet meme that accords with his use of the modifier "inbred," which he actually did spell incorrectly.
Reference:
http://memewatch.com/thelist/archives/000275.html - exomni, on 03/22/2008, -2/+23He intentionally misspelled "inbred" for the same reason he misspelled "terrorists" and "America".
If you can't understand basic sarcasm and mockery, your family tree is a wintergreen air freshener.- LMaxey, on 03/22/2008, -0/+5Trashy and full of chemicals? Now I'm imagining my next family reunion...
- twinklyJesus, on 03/23/2008, -3/+1Oh GEE WHIZ! I haven't memorized every obscure moranic internet meme thought up by semi-retarded 14 year old virgins, while they type one-handed and touch themselves looking at cheerleader pics and 2g1c videos...
*****!
- drouk1556, on 03/22/2008, -1/+22Spelling "morons" as "morans" is an internet meme that accords with his use of the modifier "inbred," which he actually did spell incorrectly.
- Lemm, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1i swear to god i've seen a picture of some redneck holding a sign telling us morans to get a brains...
- twinklyJesus, on 03/21/2008, -34/+4as opposed to inbred liberal "morans" who can't spell MORON? Your family tree is a Christmas wreath.
- BeardedClem, on 03/21/2008, -17/+5 First of all, Impeach him for what exactly? Barring the glut of tin-foil hat B.S. that goes around here about the jerk, What exactly is there that would warrant such an action?
Secondly, even if the guy took $10 million in cash in a briefcase with the Halliburton logo on the side and national TV it'll take longer than a year to get through the impeachment process and he'd be out of office anyway.
What I'm waiting to see is when our new Democratic president does jack-all to get us out of Iraq what opinion most of Digg will have about his/her actions then. Because if you think Obama or Clinton will pull our forces out any time soon, you're a fool.- VinceNoir, on 03/22/2008, -0/+6So you would stand by the employee who embezzles a few million dollars, puts a company in the financial hole, but has an iron-clad out, so he doesn't have to suffer any consequences. Then you would chastise any successor as being incapable of bailing the company out of the incredible financial straits his predecessor left it in? Unless you happened to like the new guy because he holds similar views to yours and then you'd be willing to cut him slack? Yeah... I thought so.
- BeardedClem, on 03/22/2008, -5/+2Tilt at that strawman all you want if it makes you feel better. I'm just making the point that impeachment is pretty useless at this point other than to give leftists something to stroke to. The Bush administration is just one symptom of a disease this country has had since the early 20th century. We are all paying the price for giving too much power over our lives and property to a few oligarchs in DC. Republicans and Democrats are one and the same, we're getting screwed either way the position they put us in while we take it in the rear is really the only difference they offer.
- hilikus34, on 03/22/2008, -5/+1Yeah these people don't realize that we are in Iraq for the long haul, and that pulling out now will only destabilize the region further. We leave, and some crackpot Islamofacist takes control. It doesn't seem to matter to a lot of diggers that Islamic militants hate non-muslims regardless of how much ass kissing and pandering the liberal establishment throws out. I think all the confusion comes from ppls poor understanding of some Islamic principles...mainly that all non-believers are sub-humans meant for slavery or death.
- kashk5, on 03/22/2008, -0/+3I gotta commend you on your stunning summation of Islamic beliefs. Bravo man, bravo...
/sarcasm - thetalkingbrain, on 03/22/2008, -0/+2if this war would have never happened in the first place OR would have been taken care of in a correct fashion, instead of letting everyone run lawless through out the country, firing the entire iraqi police guard and giving these people weapons by not securing weapons caches on the onset of the war, we would be ALOT better off. ...not to mention amazingly less in indebted to china. think about what we could have spent the TRILLION dollars on here in this country. how much good we could have done with that money for our own failing country/economy. so what your really saying is "islamics are crazy! if we leave we will have even more terrorists to fight!" how many terrorists do you think we're creating by imprisoning innocent people, murdering innocent children, destroying families, not to mention waging a holy war on a religion with a population 5-7 times as great as our entire country's population(1 in 5 people in the world is a follower of islam! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Islam ... yes but we are STABILIZING the region...YESSSSSS I SEE NOW! WE ARE THE GOOD GUYS! Stop living in fear and start living. murder, war, death, revenge...creates problems, solving nothing.
- kashk5, on 03/22/2008, -0/+3I gotta commend you on your stunning summation of Islamic beliefs. Bravo man, bravo...
- jdmzpf, on 03/22/2008, -1/+1And why again do we care if we "destabilize" a country that no one gives a ***** about? O thats right, for a $110 a barrel
- VinceNoir, on 03/22/2008, -0/+6So you would stand by the employee who embezzles a few million dollars, puts a company in the financial hole, but has an iron-clad out, so he doesn't have to suffer any consequences. Then you would chastise any successor as being incapable of bailing the company out of the incredible financial straits his predecessor left it in? Unless you happened to like the new guy because he holds similar views to yours and then you'd be willing to cut him slack? Yeah... I thought so.
- Daggity, on 03/22/2008, -1/+6Kucinich has tried friend, he has tried.
- lohphat, on 03/21/2008, -3/+26No. Because the 3/4 majority in Congress isn't there. There's still 30% of in-bread morans of this country who think he's doing a bang up job keeping those terraist out of Murica.
- empirefalling, on 03/21/2008, -18/+17Criminals running a backward country. Deadly satire.
- str1fe, on 03/21/2008, -6/+44One of the major rules of leadership is to listen to those you are leading. Cheney must have fallen asleep during that lesson.
- phufufoo, on 03/21/2008, -0/+3Depends on where he is trying to lead us. Doing a good job of leading us blindly into something we might or might not want. Or more like tugging us on a leash.
- artliquide, on 03/21/2008, -0/+11Depends on whether the "leader" is interested in actual democracy or wants to be a dictator
- craigatkinson, on 03/22/2008, -3/+4We don't hire leaders so that they listen to our every demand. We hire leaders to do the right thing. Now whether Dick Cheney and Pres. Bush did the right thing is another issue, but when the reporter told him how many people disagreed with him, Cheney made the correct response. . . "So!" The reason pure democracy doesn't work (and the reason we don't have a pure democracy) is because people are generally stupid and don't know what's good for them. We elect people that we believe to be wise (or at least we should), and we do so with the belief that they will make right decisions, decisions we couldn't make as a populous since we are generally incompetent. Bush is an idiot unfortunately, we didn't vote in a wise man, on the other hand, we were fortunate that he had Cheney with him because Cheney is wise.
- str1fe, on 03/22/2008, -1/+4I didn't say leaders should follow our every command, I said that they should listen. When 2/3 of people want something, and George Bush only has something like a 19% approval rating, Cheney just coming out and saying "So?" is arrogant.
- craigatkinson, on 03/22/2008, -1/+1Like I said, what does it matter what we think? We are swayed by whatever the media feeds us that day. When the war started the media was behind it so we were all behind it. Later the media decided they didn't like it, so now we aren't behind it anymore. When Bush and Cheney started this war, they were doing our will. They are not in a position now to back out of now, no matter how much we want them to.
Of course when the war first started I was 100% against it. I thought it was a stupid idea, but I found no one behind me then. Now that I see what an impossible situation we are in and I realize the wisdom in staying. Now no one supports me in that. This is why I say, people are generally incompetent. 100% of people could be against something, and that still might not have any bearing on whether its right or wrong.- str1fe, on 03/23/2008, -0/+1I realize that we're not in a position to back out now. I think I'm rare among the war opposers in that I want to pull out, but realize we can't do it right now. We need time to finish what we're doing and clean up our mess. I think some time towards the end of 2010, or even early 2011, sounds reasonable.
Also, I think you missed the point I'm trying to make. We need to pull out of Iraq, yes, but we can't right away. The fact that Cheney flat out doesn't care about what the American people think is what bothers me.
- str1fe, on 03/23/2008, -0/+1I realize that we're not in a position to back out now. I think I'm rare among the war opposers in that I want to pull out, but realize we can't do it right now. We need time to finish what we're doing and clean up our mess. I think some time towards the end of 2010, or even early 2011, sounds reasonable.
- craigatkinson, on 03/22/2008, -1/+1Like I said, what does it matter what we think? We are swayed by whatever the media feeds us that day. When the war started the media was behind it so we were all behind it. Later the media decided they didn't like it, so now we aren't behind it anymore. When Bush and Cheney started this war, they were doing our will. They are not in a position now to back out of now, no matter how much we want them to.
- str1fe, on 03/22/2008, -1/+4I didn't say leaders should follow our every command, I said that they should listen. When 2/3 of people want something, and George Bush only has something like a 19% approval rating, Cheney just coming out and saying "So?" is arrogant.
- MaxMWood, on 03/21/2008, -71/+9Quit the ***** Cheney, Bush and whoever else stories. They do my ***** nut in. I HEAR YOUR PAIN! I HEAR IT EVERY DAY WITH CONSTANT WHINING! You elected him, so PUT UP or SHUT UP!
Digg me down beotches.- jdmzpf, on 03/21/2008, -4/+21Tool
- Mjeacoma, on 03/21/2008, -4/+6I refuse to digg these stupid comments down - just sit in -5 or zero - I just want to see you not get a rile out of people
- DteK, on 03/21/2008, -1/+5gladly
- artliquide, on 03/21/2008, -1/+16I didn't vote for him. I didn't even vote for Bush...not even when most people didn't realize yet what he would do this nation.
- Gorgamel, on 03/22/2008, -14/+3I concur. However if it's not this, its how masturbatingly cool some Apple product is, or some slanted stories about how Obama is beating Hillary.
- AvidPreatorian, on 03/22/2008, -2/+4lol how do u make this about apple ya dumbass
- MaxMWood, on 03/22/2008, -1/+2rofl leave him alone, just because he knows just as much as I do that no one gives a ***** about hilary or obama.
- AvidPreatorian, on 03/22/2008, -2/+4lol how do u make this about apple ya dumbass
- jdmzpf, on 03/21/2008, -11/+6At least in November he's out, and then what is he going to do? Actually nevermind, I'm sure he won't have to do anything, figuring he's probably made millions from the corporations he's given gov't contracts to
- s14sh3r, on 03/21/2008, -1/+13McCain can always choose him for VP, can't he?
- treed, on 03/21/2008, -9/+2I believe the two-term limit applies to VP as well as President.
- lpse2000, on 03/21/2008, -3/+7Algore ran didn't he?
- artliquide, on 03/21/2008, -0/+5McCain doesn't have to choose him for his VP running mate. There are lots of other positions in the cabinet.
- nationalist, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1i thought diggers actually read the constitution...guess i was wrong
- kashk5, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1Cheney has had a million heart attacks and yet he's still plugging away. The man is NEVER going to die...
- treed, on 03/21/2008, -9/+2I believe the two-term limit applies to VP as well as President.
- musicphreke, on 03/22/2008, -0/+5Actually Bush & Cheney are in office until Obama, errr..the next President takes office on January 20.
- jdmzpf, on 03/22/2008, -1/+1Ya I know, I knew some smart ass kid was going to give me that one, but by then he can't do ***** so technically its nov.
- videographer, on 03/22/2008, -0/+5Assuming there actually *is* an election in November...
Nothing surprises me any more.
- s14sh3r, on 03/21/2008, -1/+13McCain can always choose him for VP, can't he?
- DeskFlyer, on 03/21/2008, -13/+203Yet ~93 million people still think Bush and Cheney are doing a fantastic job. I can't believe I'm living with so many ***** morons.
- RedHeadedFreak, on 03/21/2008, -44/+8You're so much smarter than everyone else. I have to wonder why you aren't in charge. Give yourself a pay on the back.
- Issius, on 03/22/2008, -0/+6Not everyone, just ~ 93 million people
- Ricemanstm, on 03/21/2008, -41/+8Funny, we said the same thing about people like you.
- Fduch, on 03/21/2008, -2/+13Are you a coprophile?
- Koppie, on 03/21/2008, -8/+6Yeah seriously who are the people who think that???
- thetedster180, on 03/21/2008, -4/+50i saw a bumper sticker the other day that basically sums it up, it said " If you're not pissed you're not paying attention".
- trunicated, on 03/21/2008, -6/+3Of course it was on a bumper sticker. :-)
- cobbwobbles, on 03/21/2008, -3/+0amen to that, how does he still have a 19% approval rating?
- kronso23, on 03/22/2008, -3/+3Those 93 million must not have heard of the internet.
- Hangly, on 03/22/2008, -3/+5I don't believe that statistic for a second.
- DeskFlyer, on 03/22/2008, -0/+3Actually you have reason not to because I was wrong; my estimate took into account for all people including non-adults. So let's redo the math:
Population of USA ('07): 301,139,947 x 31% (Bush's current approval rating) = 93,353,383 x -20% (people under the age of 15) = 74,682,707 minus the people who are 15-17 and you probably come up with somewhere around 70 million people. That's still a lot of morons.
- DeskFlyer, on 03/22/2008, -0/+3Actually you have reason not to because I was wrong; my estimate took into account for all people including non-adults. So let's redo the math:
- snotrokit, on 03/22/2008, -1/+3I ride the train with a guy that still thinks Bush is doing a good job. He isn't retarded, a pretty normal guy. I just don't get it.
- dukeochutney, on 03/22/2008, -0/+10BIble Belt
- RegalGSX, on 03/22/2008, -0/+2People who voted for Bush love war and are oblivious as to how to pay for it.
- Ricemanstm, on 03/22/2008, -1/+2And what exactly is Congress' approval ratings oh great members of the Digg think tank?
- muzy, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1those who supported Bush, will pay one day for their crimes against Humanity, Just like Hitler and his ***** up Germans.
- UlicBelouve, on 03/23/2008, -0/+1Unless the people who supported Bush's war proposal get elected president themselves in 2008. Then no one will pay.
- AlphaToker, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1Perception! These people are generally not open minded and their ignorance is passed from generation to generation. Never been anywhere abroad and think that US is in the center of the universe when in fact we are 5% of the worlds population. Their biggest demise is TELEVISION...for they will absolutely eat all the ***** 24/7 news media spews out. They just don't know how to read between the lines.
It's hard to argue with someone that has such a distorted view of reality, with concepts like heaven and hell. The worst is that they even misinterpret their holy book, for "turn the other cheek" means "let's bomb the ***** out of some country we really don't know anything about"
Question Authority !!! you sheep (70 million of you) - brainboy77, on 03/22/2008, -1/+1half of them are creationists. you should have realized this by now.
- coustoe, on 03/22/2008, -2/+2Ya I liked how Bill Clinton did it, retreat when attacked, embolden the terrorist and then let them kill thousands of Americans.
Brilliant!
Why did i never think of that? Liberals are so smart. Great concept, hey deskflyer I volunteer you for the next american to be blown up.
- RedHeadedFreak, on 03/21/2008, -44/+8You're so much smarter than everyone else. I have to wonder why you aren't in charge. Give yourself a pay on the back.
- bumcheekcity, on 03/21/2008, -24/+35This picture says so much about the policies and opinions of the current US Administration. I hope that you see sense, and vote in the Democrats this year. And I also hope the Democrats see sense and have Obama as their candidate.
Signed,
A Brit- RRJackson, on 03/21/2008, -22/+3We won't be having Obama for president, but we are thinking of sending him on a nice, long vacation to Gitmo.
- trunicated, on 03/21/2008, -4/+34Actually, the picture is kinda biased.
Let's take some 2004 election results, and make the picture a bit more accurate.
http://i28.tinypic.com/2sblape.jpg
There, much better.- dragonboyxp, on 03/21/2008, -2/+4Ya, he's right
- randomm, on 03/22/2008, -4/+2Wait. So you are saying that four year old data is somehow "more accurate"? What were the approval ratings. Lets look more closely.
"On July 11, 2004, only 43 percent of those polled approved of how President Bush is handling the war in Iraq and 55 percent disapproved."
- http://uspolitics.about.com/od/campaign2004/l/bl_a ...
On a CBS News Poll on March 15-18 of 2008 only 30 percent approved of how President Bush is handling the war in Iraq and 65 percent disapproved.
-http://www.pollingreport.com/iraq.htm- trunicated, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1Yes, it is more accurate. Where the original picture would show a seemingly 0% approval rating, my image stands closer to your numbers. Bush won the 2004 election with 50.7% of the popular vote (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_preside ... If we assume that when people vote for him, they're approving of him, then 50% of the people that matter (aka the voters, those that will do something with their voice, which are the people generally used in polls) approved of him, Your numbers show that it now 43%. So, I guess if I give you the 2% margin of error/apathetic people polled, then you can go ahead and take back Georgia.
I said more accurate, I never said dead on. My picture may not have been a ringer, but at least I hit the sandbox.
- trunicated, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1Yes, it is more accurate. Where the original picture would show a seemingly 0% approval rating, my image stands closer to your numbers. Bush won the 2004 election with 50.7% of the popular vote (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_preside ... If we assume that when people vote for him, they're approving of him, then 50% of the people that matter (aka the voters, those that will do something with their voice, which are the people generally used in polls) approved of him, Your numbers show that it now 43%. So, I guess if I give you the 2% margin of error/apathetic people polled, then you can go ahead and take back Georgia.
- Gyre23, on 03/22/2008, -3/+1Except this isn't weighted by the population in those states, which taken together is actually the majority of the US population.
- brainboy77, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1holy crap, kerry just got those few states. are you kidding me? sonofabitch.
- dragonboyxp, on 03/21/2008, -2/+4Ya, he's right
- bsmang, on 03/22/2008, -4/+4I agree with you 100% bumcheekcity. I've got my fingers crossed and I'll be here in PA voting for him next month. There is a depressingly significant amount of racism around though, and a lot of people who think Bill Clinton was great and think that Hillary will be an extension of Bill. I hope Obama does well.
- warriorscot, on 03/22/2008, -1/+3I have to say Bill was cool, he was old school, Cigars and blowjobs in the oval office bring back the days when US presidents had style, Hillary not so cool no style or charisma which is more important than ability when it comes to getting elected to most government positions the world over.
- GhostyBoy, on 03/22/2008, -2/+5He can't end the war even if he wants to. The corporate interests that profit from this bloody venture now control more of the U.S. than the President does. You can bury me, but Iraq will still be going for years yet unless the people do something about it.
- Izult, on 03/24/2008, -0/+1The Democrats aren't any better. They're just as interested in preserving the establishment, not delivering on their promises, and not listening to their constituent base as the Republicans are.
- nikipedia, on 03/21/2008, -4/+6Huh?
- Rawler, on 03/21/2008, -1/+3To anyone who has not heard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SypeZjeOrY4
- Rawler, on 03/21/2008, -1/+3To anyone who has not heard:
- pizzas, on 03/21/2008, -3/+77look at all those white people!
- donutwant, on 03/22/2008, -1/+9Reverend Wright is that you?
- xlneoMAXlx, on 03/22/2008, -0/+3I was going to make a comment about race here. But it's not so much race as it is skin color. Which are two unlike things.
- thzae636, on 03/22/2008, -0/+5Typical white grandmothers, each and every one of them.
- iLEZ, on 03/22/2008, -0/+4All the dark ones are in Iraq/Afghanistan.
- uziko, on 03/21/2008, -34/+22whaaa whine bitch whaa cry sob
you idiots are the ones that elected him, and you electing THE SAME ***** PERSON MCCAIN
i cannot believe it i've heard people bitch and whine and say they hate bush and they hate the war, then BAM " I SUPPORT MCCAIN"
you all deserve to die- Shawshanksr, on 03/21/2008, -12/+7they need to take a look at how a country should be led e.g. russia, india etc... the americans who voted for bush should be sent to slaughter the same way they sent the iraqi's and their own soldiers to die
- artliquide, on 03/21/2008, -0/+11Wow. A lot of misdirected hatred. Do I get to live since I never voted for him?
- H1tchh1k3r, on 03/22/2008, -4/+1nope, you're not a Communist
- tricks574, on 03/21/2008, -6/+2The war isn't the only issue, in case you were wondering. BTW, next time anyone wants aid for water or anything like that, I think we should do the same thing we should have done with the war, stay the ***** out of your business.
I'm fine with people on both sides of the issue, because I think there are valid points to both stay in and get out, sadly noone pays attention to either and the only thing you hear are 'LETS GET THEM BROWN MOTHER *****" and "NO BLOOD FOR OIL" idiots who don't do any research or critical thought.
Also, the great thing about America, is that no matter how much everyone in the world seems to hate us, the waiting list to get in is miles long. - MrSlumberjack, on 03/22/2008, -0/+2oops! you lose.
- esteskid, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1i think you might have the wrong audience here on digg for McCain support bashing, you might try: http://www.redstate.com
- gbmatty, on 03/21/2008, -7/+20Dick Cheney, before he Dick's you!
- godfly, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1good one!
- Ricemanstm, on 03/21/2008, -30/+13Where are the cliches?
You can't hug your child with nuclear arms!
One two three four we don't want your ***** war!
Make peace, not war!
Ah well, thank God we live in a country where freedom of speech allows imbeciles to rant and chant! To bad they ended the eugenics program before it really took hold. It's going to be fantastic watching the left, once again, snatch defeat from the jaws of victory!- zephc, on 03/21/2008, -0/+15You seem so keen on war, here you go: http://www.goarmy.com/contact/how_to_join.jsp
- JEAH, on 03/21/2008, -1/+7no no, in the neo con world, the poor fight wars for a chance to win a golden ticket to college... suckers.
- Ricemanstm, on 03/21/2008, -8/+3Neo con. Do you even know what the word means?
- JEAH, on 03/22/2008, -0/+5Neo conservatives? sure, it's when douchbag "public servants" spend precious blood and money bankrupting our country in the name of conservative policy. Should be called 'pseudo-cons', but the 'neo-con' name kinda stuck.
- ShinRaTDR, on 03/22/2008, -1/+5"Neo con. Do you even know what the word means?"
You don't get to insult stupid replies until you've made a coherent point. Please begin.
- Ricemanstm, on 03/21/2008, -8/+3Neo con. Do you even know what the word means?
- JEAH, on 03/21/2008, -1/+7no no, in the neo con world, the poor fight wars for a chance to win a golden ticket to college... suckers.
- Ricemanstm, on 03/21/2008, -11/+4Now that's more like it. I did my time, and so did my father. One day you'll realize that words don't always work and that sometimes diplomacy is nothing more than a game of three card monty for nit wits like you.
- ArthurSucks, on 03/22/2008, -2/+11And that's why we illegally went to war an took over a county that for no reason. Be damned human rights, be damned logic; we're right because we say we are. Pathetic.
- UnterDenLinden, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1Illegally? I think the senate gave them permission. Not that the war has turned out to be a success, but I don't think it was illegally started.
- ShinRaTDR, on 03/22/2008, -2/+3Uh huh, words don't work. Thats such a painfully stupid comment to make I don't even know where to start.
- Ricemanstm, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1I rest my case.
- ShinRaTDR, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1Killing you would solve this? good point. I'm sure you wouldn't appreciate it, though.
- ArthurSucks, on 03/22/2008, -2/+11And that's why we illegally went to war an took over a county that for no reason. Be damned human rights, be damned logic; we're right because we say we are. Pathetic.
- zephc, on 03/21/2008, -0/+15You seem so keen on war, here you go: http://www.goarmy.com/contact/how_to_join.jsp
- nastronomical, on 03/21/2008, -44/+13Liberal douchery in action.
- hilikus34, on 03/21/2008, -30/+2I lol at that. Just wait 'till the flood of 12 year old B. Hussein fanboys hits. We'll be dug down like no other.
- JEAH, on 03/21/2008, -1/+23Take it easy, racist
- hilikus34, on 03/21/2008, -23/+0Racist? I'll have you no I hate everyone equally, regardless of race, religion, or economic stauts
- sjm20k, on 03/21/2008, -2/+18then i suppose it should have been "take it easy, *****"
- hilikus34, on 03/21/2008, -19/+1***** huh. Your a clever one.
- ShinRaTDR, on 03/22/2008, -3/+12What exactly did you say that made you look clever?, or at the very least, not retarded?
- hilikus34, on 03/22/2008, -16/+1It's this thing called sarcasm ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm). You should try understanding it sometime.
- sjm20k, on 03/22/2008, -3/+7i wasn't aware you expected me to be clever. perhaps i can still please you:
it's apparent to me that your language (read: "no" for "know") isn't the only thing about you that's abbreviated. - hilikus34, on 03/22/2008, -9/+2Lol. There you go. That's more like it. I was waiting for someone to catch that.
- ShinRaTDR, on 03/22/2008, -0/+7It's this thing called sarcasm ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm).
Lots of people are sarcastic, that doesn't make you clever. Especially when it isn't entertaining or funny. - hilikus34, on 03/22/2008, -9/+1I never said I was trying to be entertaining, clever, or funny. I was simply making an observation, which so far has proven to be true.
- ShinRaTDR, on 03/22/2008, -1/+6And then took a jab at someone for a lack of cleverness in their comment, a comment clearly meant to be blunt and to the point, so I assumed that you thought his cleverness wasn't up to your level, your level being non-existent.
- hilikus34, on 03/22/2008, -9/+0Of course I would take a jab at someone for calling me a *****. I have yet to use any derogatory language in these posts, and am still getting my point across. Calling someone who disagrees with you a ***** does show a lack of "cleverness" and intelligence. All b/c I made a comment about Obama fanboys. My original comment must have been on the mark if it raised your ire this much.
- sjm20k, on 03/22/2008, -0/+5I guess I just couldn't help myself, I often take jabs at *****.
- hilikus34, on 03/22/2008, -6/+0You must have a lot of bruises?
- chesstwin, on 03/22/2008, -2/+1Haha i see its happened my friend.
- hilikus34, on 03/22/2008, -4/+0I knew it would...
- JEAH, on 03/21/2008, -1/+23Take it easy, racist
- rb329503, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1your mom douches.
- hilikus34, on 03/22/2008, -0/+0your mom needs to
- popltree2, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1I don't see you out there fighting. If you think this is a just war, own up to it and stand behind your convictions by joining a branch of the military. If not, you are just like every other troll.
- hilikus34, on 03/21/2008, -30/+2I lol at that. Just wait 'till the flood of 12 year old B. Hussein fanboys hits. We'll be dug down like no other.
- jack_of_knaves, on 03/21/2008, -6/+6Another Tricky Dick.....
- PopePhred, on 03/21/2008, -5/+39To be accurate, only two-thirds of the map should be filled with protesters. One-third, for some inexplicable reason, is just hunky-dory with the total mismanagement of our resources, our international standing, and our country's lives.
- artliquide, on 03/21/2008, -0/+3What's odd to me is that many Bush supporters live in some of the poorest areas of the nation. I guess they don't get it.
- Spliced88, on 03/22/2008, -0/+5There is a reason for that. Those with the lowest incomes are also usually the most poorly educated, especially on politics. I'm not trying to stereotype, but that is just how it is in this country. Sadly enough, the current administration knows this and exploits it.
- artliquide, on 03/22/2008, -0/+3Good point. Just another illustration of the selfish bordering on evil attitudes of some people in power.
- kashk5, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1Also because those under the poverty line don't have to pay taxes, so they don't give a ***** where other peoples' money is going
- artliquide, on 03/23/2008, -0/+1I don't know about that. I prefer the ignorance answer. If people who have money and do pay taxes care about funding social programs and establishments (schools, hospitals, etc) there have to be people who don't pay taxes who care about it too...if they know the difference.
- animeguru, on 03/22/2008, -0/+3Easy, the president is just as ***** stupid as they are, so they see him as a man of the people instead of some pompous ass.
Plus, it gives hope that Billy Bob might still one day be president even though he subsisted on paint chips as a kid. - diggrnumber1, on 03/22/2008, -0/+0religion
- Spliced88, on 03/22/2008, -0/+5There is a reason for that. Those with the lowest incomes are also usually the most poorly educated, especially on politics. I'm not trying to stereotype, but that is just how it is in this country. Sadly enough, the current administration knows this and exploits it.
- ShinRaTDR, on 03/22/2008, -1/+1I think its 1/5th now.
- artliquide, on 03/21/2008, -0/+3What's odd to me is that many Bush supporters live in some of the poorest areas of the nation. I guess they don't get it.
- Isandunk, on 03/21/2008, -2/+16Shoulda penciled in the UK in there too. No-one here wants the war either.
How is it people overlook how much we were lied to (WMDs)? How much we were ignored (Thousands protesting)?
The whole thing is a joke, and there isn't a ***** thing we can do.- HeavySausage, on 03/21/2008, -3/+3But everyone knows that the UK isn't really that funny.
- artliquide, on 03/21/2008, -1/+3Well, Dick doesn't have any control over the UK (or does he?), so it's not really about what the UK thinks. Sometimes I wish you guys could vote too though ;)
- Isandunk, on 03/22/2008, -0/+7"so it's not really about what the UK thinks" True.
I was trying to highlight the disdain for the invasion from a viewpoint from across the pond :)
"Well, Dick doesn't have any control over the UK (or does he?)"
Who knows, I wouldn't put it past our government - the White House says Jump, Westminster says How High? - artliquide, on 03/22/2008, -0/+6Yeah, all of the Blair/Bush chumminess a few years back was scary.
- Isandunk, on 03/22/2008, -0/+7"so it's not really about what the UK thinks" True.
- Ricemanstm, on 03/21/2008, -7/+1"Thousands protesting"? A small percentage to be sure, maybe that's why y'all were ignored.
- Isandunk, on 03/22/2008, -0/+8Not so small. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2765041.stm
"Police said it was the UK's biggest ever demonstration with at least 750,000 taking part, although organisers put the figure closer to two million."
Tbh, i don't think it would of mattered if literally the whole country marched on Westminster - wouldn't of made a difference anyway.- Rastline, on 03/22/2008, -3/+0So because the UK protested we should pay attention... ***** that *****.
Millions Protested the French ***** up called Vietnam but we didn't withdrawal for a few years and a draft later. Oh and those millions were Americans not from the UK.
If 2 million people protested China's censorship of the Internet would China listen?- zeabu, on 03/22/2008, -0/+3China is not a democracy, they don't try to lie about it. The US still tries to keep up appearances.
- Isandunk, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2I wasn't suggesting that the USA should listen to the UK protestors - I was simply saying the *UK* government should of listened.
- Rastline, on 03/22/2008, -3/+0So because the UK protested we should pay attention... ***** that *****.
- Isandunk, on 03/22/2008, -0/+8Not so small. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2765041.stm
- r3negadeX, on 08/11/2008, -0/+5You could get yourselves a prime minister that doesn't suck America's ***** all the time.
- Hokke, on 03/22/2008, -0/+2UK The 51st state.
- willdelaney, on 03/21/2008, -14/+53Um that looks like 100% of the US doesn't support Bush.
Those aren't the statistics.
Exaggerating numbers to get a point across isn't a good thing- HeavySausage, on 03/21/2008, -1/+6The bush supporters are being trampled on, or locked up under ground.
- Bob042, on 03/21/2008, -0/+10The other 30% are underneath the banners.
- rocketboot, on 03/21/2008, -0/+2Clearly Alaska and Hawaii do. Sheesh
- monktallica, on 03/21/2008, -0/+10It's just a picture you idiot.
- artliquide, on 03/21/2008, -0/+1I like this image more than the one where AZ is missing from the dissenting masses though. Actually, one thing I can thank this administration for is helping to diminish AZ's traditional republican majority.
- ShinRaTDR, on 03/22/2008, -1/+2I guess you will have to look to something other than a random cartoon trying to make a political point to gather statistics. Damn irresponsible cartoonists.
- zeabu, on 03/22/2008, -0/+2I don't count 303,586,000 men in this picture, not even half. So, it's not exagurated. Underestimated, maybe.
- monarch00, on 03/21/2008, -5/+21I just love the feeling in my heart that I get when I think about just how much this administration cares about and works for the people that put them there.
Signed,
--Former Republican- 4d669, on 03/22/2008, -2/+2Yes and now Obama will 'change' everything. Of course, his idea of change is changing the war from Iraq to Afghanistan but whatever...
- omegaredIX, on 03/22/2008, -0/+2Its sad that you would leave the Republican party instead of stand up for true republican beliefs. I could understand if you signed -former neocon but there are many republicans, such as myself, that are better than the neo-con slime that is currently running our country.
- zeabu, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1As long as you keep voting for the Republican party, you insist you agree. As a sign to them you could not vote for them. If enough people do that, they will recognise they should take another aproach.
- omegaredIX, on 03/22/2008, -0/+2Its sad that you would leave the Republican party instead of stand up for true republican beliefs. I could understand if you signed -former neocon but there are many republicans, such as myself, that are better than the neo-con slime that is currently running our country.
- 4d669, on 03/22/2008, -2/+2Yes and now Obama will 'change' everything. Of course, his idea of change is changing the war from Iraq to Afghanistan but whatever...
- seth11111, on 03/21/2008, -20/+8I dont get it.... whats he saying "so" to? ***** all this anti-war propaganda ***** man, you're not gona stop the war, we already went in and now the war is basically over so stfu about it, its too late to do anything.
- matt70, on 03/21/2008, -0/+15I thought it was over in 2003...remember "Mission Accomplished."
- Isandunk, on 03/21/2008, -0/+8Are you being obtuse on purpose? Did you even watch the clip? He's saying "SO..." to thousands of american's opinions - and as a person in his position, IT SHOULD ***** MATTER.
- artliquide, on 03/21/2008, -0/+7what rock have you been living under? The war is not far from over, and this administration believes it will continue for a long time because they refuse to set a solid timeline or strategies to get it done and get out. Apparently (not that this wasn't clear from the beginning), what 2/3 of this country thinks doesn't matter. They're spending our money, so yeah, it is a big deal that Cheney doesn't care how the majority of people would like our money to be spent.
- ShinRaTDR, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1LOL, you sound like Colbert, except serious. People debate over history all the time, and this is isn't even over yet for ***** sake.
- warriorscot, on 03/22/2008, -0/+3To fight a war you need an opposing soveriegn army, its an occupation although if you really wanted you could stretch it to a peacekeeping operation but Americans and Peacekeeping go together about as well as Homexexuality and Iran.
- mal1964, on 03/21/2008, -9/+9Turn the Flag around!
- Adam420, on 03/21/2008, -6/+2ya everythings right side up cept the 2 flags....how odd
- Darmichar, on 03/22/2008, -1/+3An upside down flag is a sign of distress, i.e. the nation is in distress.
- rye425, on 03/22/2008, -0/+5Upsidedown flag is an international sign of distress, thats why they're like that.
- mal1964, on 03/22/2008, -2/+2We are not in distress, Sudan is in distress.
- Slackdragon, on 03/22/2008, -4/+4Exactly, mal1964. Some Americans, these days, seem to be unable to stand any kind of pressure. While I'm not trying to trivialize the individual trauma anyone goes through, if any nation amplifies the individual agony as America seems to have done, it runs the real risk of becoming paralyzed.
I've said it before: People can't handle the MINOR nosebleed that is the Iraq war. True, WWII was shorter, but it was a meat-grinder. More soldiers died in a MONTH of WWII than all of the Iraq war. People today are far too pussified to handle something like that.
Back then, my grandparents were actually sacrificing their way of life to win a conflict. At home and on the front line. At home they were cutting back on meat and sugar and aluminum and other day-to-day goods. Today people are bitching and whining every single day about a war that doesn't impact their lives a SINGLE bit other than what they read on a blog or an RSS feed. They still have their iPod and their iPhone and sip their latte at Starbucks and Digg up stories on their new Macbook Air. Oh, the sacrifice of our generation! My heart bleeds!
We're a bunch of spoiled pussies who wouldn't know how to sacrifice a thing for the greater good if we had to.
Distress? Not even close.- DemonWasp, on 03/22/2008, -1/+3The key difference is that WW2 had a very good reason for happening, while the current wars did not. We have no reason to sacrifice anything for this war, and it's a shame that soldiers have to sacrifice their lives for it.
That's why we're pissed off about this war.- Rastline, on 03/22/2008, -3/+0Your right that Prince getting shot was more than a good reason for WW2 was it not?
- zeabu, on 03/22/2008, -2/+1It was a prince that was shot in WW I, stupid. And it was more as a symbol. Austria-Hungaria, was making decisions for a region they did not control, killing him was to show they had no power, no safety over there. The direct result was not war, it was the forming of the alliances, and the built up to the war itself, which was inevitable. That's why we agree killing that prince was the start of the Great War.
- DemonWasp, on 03/23/2008, -0/+2Actually, WWI had a variety of "causes". Archduke Franz Ferdinand getting shot was only the "proximal cause". A bunch of "necessary causes" include:
1. Treaties that had built up two very large sides, with mutual-violence clauses so that if any country went to war, they wall would.
2. Massive arms race.
3. Trigger event (assassination of franz)
WW2 was very different. The reason for WW2 occurring was to stop the atrocities committed by the Nazi regime (or at least, that's an excellent reason to have fought). The Nazi party came into power partially because of the stupid policies about Germany's surrender in WW1.
WW1 was dumb and brutal. WW2 was dumb and brutal, but not without cause.
- Rastline, on 03/22/2008, -3/+0Your right that Prince getting shot was more than a good reason for WW2 was it not?
- DemonWasp, on 03/22/2008, -1/+3The key difference is that WW2 had a very good reason for happening, while the current wars did not. We have no reason to sacrifice anything for this war, and it's a shame that soldiers have to sacrifice their lives for it.
- Adam420, on 03/21/2008, -6/+2ya everythings right side up cept the 2 flags....how odd
- herbstblatt, on 03/21/2008, -4/+3Time to get off the political stage, George...
- RRJackson, on 03/21/2008, -33/+4Oh, quit your whining, Nancy. We already know that anything not anti-American makes your vagina ache.
- ShinRaTDR, on 03/22/2008, -1/+10Thats right, we're all whiners, and you're all war mongering fascists. You do realize this, and this alone, is the cause of most of your social problems? Oh right, can't say that because thats whining. I love how the only people who complain about whining are the ones who are actually whining, just bitching about other peoples opinions without offering anything useful or substantial. At least when I "whine" I have a point besides the discouragement of progress. So calm yourself, nancy.
- RRJackson, on 03/22/2008, -8/+2"Progress" was taking Iraq and building permanent bases there. That's the most progress we've made in the middle east since we figured out it mattered what went on there.
- ShinRaTDR, on 03/22/2008, -1/+5I was talking in a much more general and philosophical sense, not about isolated achievements or decisions. I can't rebut you because it had nothing to do with what I was talking about.
- RRJackson, on 03/22/2008, -1/+2I'm fairly confident you couldn't rebut me, anyway. "Progress!" is like, "Hope!" and "Change!" in your mind, I'm sure. Concepts best left abstract; not something to be spoiled or sullied by association with actual deeds.
- ShinRaTDR, on 03/22/2008, -1/+2Again, that had little to do with what I said, you clearly have something important to express to someone with that opinion, but please don't try to pin it on me with random assumptions and accusations. What I said was what I meant, that your attitude regarding political debate, over anything else, is what's currently holding the progress, I mean progress in an international standing, regarding the welfare of your OWN citizens, not those you randomly police, of your country back.
- RRJackson, on 03/22/2008, -1/+2Our citizens are doing peachy now that we're finally expanding the union again and establishing a new projection of American power. As fares the empire, so fare her citizens.
- JessicaChrono, on 03/22/2008, -3/+2Please stop commenting. Like, for real. Each time I read one of your douche-y, ignorant comments every part of my body aches, including my vagina. I'm almost convinced that if you comment anymore, the rain that we got in Michigan a couple of days ago will pick back up for 40 more and I'm not ready with a boat...
- ShinRaTDR, on 03/22/2008, -1/+5I was talking in a much more general and philosophical sense, not about isolated achievements or decisions. I can't rebut you because it had nothing to do with what I was talking about.
- RRJackson, on 03/22/2008, -8/+2"Progress" was taking Iraq and building permanent bases there. That's the most progress we've made in the middle east since we figured out it mattered what went on there.
- robocop1, on 03/22/2008, -0/+3Come on you cant say that here.its digg, one of the biggest flaming liberal online communities.
- ShinRaTDR, on 03/22/2008, -1/+10Thats right, we're all whiners, and you're all war mongering fascists. You do realize this, and this alone, is the cause of most of your social problems? Oh right, can't say that because thats whining. I love how the only people who complain about whining are the ones who are actually whining, just bitching about other peoples opinions without offering anything useful or substantial. At least when I "whine" I have a point besides the discouragement of progress. So calm yourself, nancy.
- seth11111, on 03/21/2008, -16/+4oh yea and another thing, where were all these protesting douche bags come election time huh? if they are so goddamn anti war why the hell didnt you go out and vote for some democrats then, these people just talk, they dont walk.
- zephc, on 03/21/2008, -0/+7"oh yea and another thing, where were all these protesting douche bags come election time huh?"
They're miles down the road in "Free Speech Zones", away from the delicate eyes of politicians, journalists, and so forth. - matt70, on 03/21/2008, -0/+7They were the ones who voted for enough Democrats to take over the House and the Senate in the last election...or don't you bother to read the news?
- artliquide, on 03/22/2008, -1/+2"these" people? I just love generalizations
/sarcasm
- zephc, on 03/21/2008, -0/+7"oh yea and another thing, where were all these protesting douche bags come election time huh?"
- SamyK, on 03/21/2008, -1/+4All the people are white except for the occasional pink and blue people!
- cckev529, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1obviously the gays...
- dmax4usa, on 03/21/2008, -5/+1I like how people think the American people are so intelligent when it comes to American foreign policy but 3 years ago the same people were saying how stupid the American people are to re-elect Bush after starting the Iraq War...
So, indeed.- 41k1d0k4, on 03/21/2008, -0/+4the "evil" gay marriage is what got those dick heads back in office.
- Manrosion, on 03/22/2008, -0/+0Which people? I have never heard a single person utter a good word on American foreign policy since George W. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Rove took over the White house. I (myself not being from the US) don't think the US people in general are particularly intelligent, nor do I think they are particularly stupid. I don't blame the Republicans, I blame the neocon-republicans who were in power since 2000, and I hold them responsible for a lot of troubles the world faces today. US foreign policy today (22 march 2008) is not slightly better then it was a couple of years ago, it is slightly less bad.
- 41k1d0k4, on 03/21/2008, -0/+4the "evil" gay marriage is what got those dick heads back in office.
- arkanian86, on 03/21/2008, -1/+2hey, that's a pretty accurate representation of the american people...
- bhamster, on 03/21/2008, -2/+1Sadly, I believe "so" correctly desribes Dicks's sentiments
- hplasm, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1...and also his entire spelling vocabulary.
- Duntpuff, on 03/21/2008, -8/+7no one died when clinton lied
- TremorX, on 03/21/2008, -5/+5Not true, because every sperm is sacred.
- combatchuck, on 03/22/2008, -2/+9Clinton's real crime was misdirection. Look, he's getting impeached for something that's not illegal! Pay no attention to those bombs being dropped in the desert! Look, sex!
- EddietheHated, on 03/22/2008, -0/+4Clinton lied under oath. Perjury is illegal. Clinton was impeached for perjury. It's not a hard logic train to follow. Basic US government education for the win.
- Pillage, on 03/22/2008, -0/+2Why let facts get in the way of one way thinking?
- zeabu, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1Bush lied about WMD's. I've not seen impeachments.
- EddietheHated, on 03/22/2008, -0/+4Clinton lied under oath. Perjury is illegal. Clinton was impeached for perjury. It's not a hard logic train to follow. Basic US government education for the win.
- dragonboyxp, on 03/21/2008, -5/+0WHAT IS THIS!??!??!
- hplasm, on 03/22/2008, -0/+3A TINY PICTURE OF GARFIELD' S HEAD!!!!!
- mattamand, on 03/21/2008, -4/+7I'm waiting for the Repugnicans to bury this as inaccurate.
- NelsonR, on 03/21/2008, -2/+8Remember, Cheney used five deferment to avoid going to Vietnam. Now he is a supreme war hawk with no compunction in sending others to die. His arrogance, his cowardice is supreme but it would never phase his egotistical self interest. Every time the man has an out of sync heart beat he runs to the hospital since he even thinks he can elude Satan. May he go soon and I do not say that lightly but he is a man no human should emulate.
- kashk5, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1Who are you kidding? Cheney's never going to die
- Ricemanstm, on 03/21/2008, -6/+8And what exactly are the approval numbers for the oh so believable Democrat controlled Congress? Anyone? Anyone? Yeah, that's what I thought.
- masterspeaks, on 03/22/2008, -1/+5A 51/49 majority can't do much with an egotistical executive with his veto pen ready. They can only try to stop the Republicans from doing any more damage.
- Ricemanstm, on 03/22/2008, -1/+2Doesn't answer the question, what's the approval rating? I think you know the answer.
- Pillage, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1would that be "Lowest on record"?
- Izult, on 03/24/2008, -0/+1Our political system is in serious need of repair and you're willing to let them play partisan politics? This has got to stop. Remember they're supposed to REPRESENT US.
- Ricemanstm, on 03/22/2008, -1/+2Doesn't answer the question, what's the approval rating? I think you know the answer.
- masterspeaks, on 03/22/2008, -1/+5A 51/49 majority can't do much with an egotistical executive with his veto pen ready. They can only try to stop the Republicans from doing any more damage.
- godseyeview, on 03/22/2008, -1/+1this is why he can say "so?" cause he doesnt work for us http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4675077383 ...
- patpl22391, on 03/22/2008, -0/+4So tell me, what are the percentages of people who supported this war. You say the war started with over 80% of the country supporting going in? Really? Amazing!
- Pillage, on 03/22/2008, -0/+2but 60% want to stay until the country is stable...
- dimplemonkey, on 03/22/2008, -2/+2"So" was a great Peter Gabriel album - it gave us the Sledgehammer to give back to the VP!
See, it all comes full circle! - Zlorp, on 03/22/2008, -1/+6I think Cheney doesnt realize who he works for
- warriorscot, on 03/22/2008, -0/+3Blackwater?
- godseyeview, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1actually i think he does and you might not. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4675077383 ... that'll give you a clue
- RegalGSX, on 03/22/2008, -0/+0Cheney works for his former company. He's just a part-time Vice President
- jpl7986, on 03/22/2008, -1/+2It's sad someone can even think that way...
- telomeres, on 03/22/2008, -2/+2It would have been awesome to have used the billions and billions of dollars spent on the war to subsidize some higher education. That way we could make our people better and gain the ground we are losing to the world in the educational sector.
- cheeseysynapse, on 03/22/2008, -2/+1You know - the Fed has dropped over 1/2 trillion so far saving banks and homeowners in just the last 5 months. I wonder if we kept that kind of pace up, how many Iraqs could we have had during 5 years.....................
- cldnails, on 03/22/2008, -19/+11Just because ***** hippies are louder doesn't mean they are the majority.
Do any of you know why/what we are accomplishing over there or do you just listen to the bleeding heart dems?- rficwizard, on 03/22/2008, -2/+12Why don't you tell us which of the legitimate purposes of the federal government is served by the war in Iraq? Remember as you answer that Iraq had nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks, and that this was common knowledge. Also remember that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction, and that this was common knowledge. Feel free to refer to the Constitution (for instance, Article 1, Section 8) as needed.
- lasenorita, on 03/22/2008, -3/+15Terrorism has increased sevenfold worldwide because of the war. We are trillions of dollars in debt, and our economy is in recession. 4,000+ of our men and women are dead, thousands more are injured, and countless numbers are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder --- literally a living hell. Our military is stretched too thin and instead of going solely after suicidal religious political maniacs, our country has instead helped motivate and created new ones.
However good our intentions may have been, this is essentially what we've accomplished and are continuing to accomplish "over there". And on another note: true Republicans do not advocate nation-building and real conservatives value balanced budgets and less government spending.- MyExSucks, on 03/22/2008, -4/+1sevenfold, really? seven? did you just pull that out of your ass? I got news for you pal, our country has been trillions of dollars in debt since even Bill Clinton, the almighty savior of our country according to you *****, was in office.
if you think our military is stretched too thin, think again. if it were getting anywhere near "stretched thin," they'd be calling the army reserves, etc over there, but guess what? they're all still here. don't try to tell me they're not because my cousin is in the army reserve and knows zero (0) people from reserve units nationwide who have been called into duty. coincidence? no, sir. they're not needed. why? the troops aren't spread too thin.
go ahead, digg me down, please.- lasenorita, on 03/22/2008, -1/+2The Iraq Effect: War Has Increased Terrorism Sevenfold Worldwide
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022707D.shtml
Iraq war cost estimates run into the trillions
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0310/p16s01-wmgn.htm ...
Iraq war has ground forces stretched thin
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2008/01/marin ...
There are several things I would like to point out. First, forcing democracy and the American way of life on people through the barrel of a gun is 99% guaranteed not to win hearts and minds. Is it difficult to believe that when an Iraqi sees their mother, father, sister, brother, cousin, or friend mutilated and murdered, they'd have a burning desire to seek revenge?
Second, whatever someone else had done in the past does not give us carte blanche to commit the same immoral actions, nor does it justify those actions. Surely you'll agree that the logical response to being in trillions of dollars in debt is to try to get out of that debt, not to dig ourselves deeper?
Third, top military officers have indeed warned us that our military is "stretched thin". Our soldiers' tours of duty continue to be extended time and time again. Also, National Guard troops who are supposed to be available in times of need like Hurricane Katrina or the California wildfires are instead patrolling the segregated streets of Baghdad. Another little tidbit you might not be aware of: we rely dangerously heavily on private security contractors. In fact, they now outnumber our uniformed armed forces in Iraq.
Last, I am not a big fan of President Clinton, nor am I a big fan of the current administration. I do not approve of the welfare-warfare state. Those are not the principles our country were founded upon. If we continue with this unconstitutional war and continue to ignore our economic reality, the future will suck way more than you believe your ex does.
- lasenorita, on 03/22/2008, -1/+2The Iraq Effect: War Has Increased Terrorism Sevenfold Worldwide
- MyExSucks, on 03/22/2008, -4/+1sevenfold, really? seven? did you just pull that out of your ass? I got news for you pal, our country has been trillions of dollars in debt since even Bill Clinton, the almighty savior of our country according to you *****, was in office.
- chesstwin, on 03/22/2008, -8/+1dugg up cldnails, buried the two idiots w/o reading their comments
- barandon0D9, on 03/22/2008, -0/+5...wow. you're cool.
- InSectWar, on 03/22/2008, -1/+9You know whats classic? After they made all their money and the money keeps coming in... Halliburton is moving its headquarters out of the US. Good times.
- URnotheonly1, on 03/22/2008, -4/+2you are an idiot
- nonstop87, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1Shouldn't you be guarding a bridge, troll?
- URnotheonly1, on 03/22/2008, -1/+1Just because you think you are a serious person with a point, doesn't mean *****
- nonstop87, on 03/22/2008, -0/+1Shouldn't you be guarding a bridge, troll?
- URnotheonly1, on 03/22/2008, -4/+2you are an idiot
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