The Mission

“stay the course” is but 3 words; “staying until the mission is complete” is 6 words. so while the former is simplistic and does not reflect the great complexities involved in shoving democracy down the Iraqis’ throats, the latter reflects that complexity and difficulty by using twice as many words to communicate our purpose. this is how great thinkers think, and it’s the nature of the great thoughts what they think. powerfuller minds at work than we mere citizens can think at.

Another point Cap’n Con neglected in fleshing out his nautical metaphor is that the intended grand transoceanic voyage was inadvertently launched into a small landlocked lake and the planners foresaw no need to pack a paddle.

Although we are in a boat of sorts, the body of water we’re in isn’t the ocean but a specific sort of creek and our location is “up it”.

The mission is simple: Stay the course until there are no Americans left alive in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Off target: Our buddy, Mo Rocca, does a TV commentary on the budding friendship of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears and those other twins, Jenna and Barbara. Go to this site and click on the “Worst Person in the World” (amusing in its own right) and then the “Double Trouble” story which is next in the queue. BTW, from my experience, the videos on this site play much better on IE6 than Mozilla, for some very complicated and technical reason that only Harold can explain.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15934446/

Rebecca, the other similarity between “Stay the Course” and quadratic equations is that sometimes the solution is entirely imaginary.

Aye, ’tis the buried treasure. Only mysteries to me are all the blather about other reasons and the incredible stupidity of our current captain and crew, those unboundingly entertaining Fossil Fools.

If you factor in America’s inability to remember anything beyond two days, its inability to process a thought greater than 5 words, and its preoccupation with only things sexual, you can understand how Rove would think that this would fly.

When one set of meaningless words no longer work, don’t find a solution, find a new set of meaningless words.

Staying in Iraq until the mission is complete is not the same as “staying the course.” There are multiple courses of action which can be taken in Iraq to complete the mission. President Bush understands that we might have to change our strategy to achieve victory in the region, but we MUST achieve victory. If we don’t achieve victory, then we lose. And that is something we just cannot afford to do. Period.

Keep up the good work. John Murphy, you’re approaching this blog with the wrong frame of mind. “Don’t think of this as work, think of it as play.” Okay, so I stole that line from Animal House. It was a good line 30 years ago; it’s still a good line!

Kinky Friedman was on Talk of the Nation, doing a post mortem of his unsuccessful gubernatorial race in Texas. Oh yeah, and he’s selling a book that by his own admission, he only spent about 3 weeks writing. Adam, don’t have a stroke. I’m sure it’s shallow, has loose ends, & doesn’t flow hilariously to a satisfying conclusion. And no science, I’ll bet.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6555135

(Some of you may be interested in this post. Shoelimpy, you may recognize this. Have a nice day!)

How to Handle an Open Thread on Liberal Blogs,

Liberals, being the lazy sons of guns that they are, often have open threads on their blogs. That way they can keep visitors interested in talking amongst themselves, keeping them on their blogs without having to actually do any work. (I won’t be so lazy, if I didn’t smoke so much dope. You holding, Shoelimpy?)

For us conservatives this presents a wonderful opportunity, if we choose to act on it. Remember, anyone is allowed to post on an open thread. There is no determined topic. This is your chance to take control of the blog and direct the flow of conversation the way you want it to go. (Grab them by the balls and GO! GO! GO!)

Rule #1: Attack. Hit the liberals where it hurts. (Please, Shoelimpy, not my vigina again!) This is your time to take control of the debate. Don’t pull any punches. You want them on the defensive the minute you’re there. Liberals generally aren’t very quick thinkers (Harsh, dude!), if you hit them hard in the first post they won’t know how to respond. (I don’t know how to respond.)

Rule #2: Attack, but always be courteous. The liberals will troll you, flame you, insult you, (%@*#!!&*) use every dastardly trick within their arsenal to assault you (Don’t worry. I refuse to light farts. That’s one liberal trick I’ll never use. I’ve always thought that is so gross!) without actually joining in any sort of debate. Always keep the higher ground and do not resort to their level. More people are reading these threads than posting on them, and they will acknowledge you for your courteousness and attempts at reason being thwarted by irrational liberals. (Interesting theory. Anyone think this actually works?)

Rule #3: Don’t be scared off by hordes of liberals trolling you. You may be in their territory, so to speak, but you are right. Don’t let yourself be swayed by the growing influx of parrots all chirping nonsene at you like mongrel hordes of dogs. (What?)

Rule #4: Join in the side chatter. Remember, this is an open thread and there will be discussion that isn’t directly pointed at debate. While you shouldn’t let it sidetrack you from the topic at hand, the topic that you began, joining in non-debate discussion will ingrain you into the community. (Be wary of this strategy, liberals, and watch always for ingrained wing-nuts.)

Rule #5: You are in charge. Don’t let yourself be swayed by the liberals. Keep to your point, and don’t let yourself be drowned out. If these people are ever to see reason, it will be through your efforts and the efforts of others. (I want to see reason. Please help!)

Rule #6: Always keep in mind that your reading audience is far larger than the few liberals who will be responding to you. You probably won’t reach those who actually post, but lurkers and those who are just reading the blog will see what you say and pay attention. Remember you are writing for them too. (Lurkers beware!)

Rule #7: Have Fun! (Shoelimpy, do you let lesbians play?)

siobhan,

Possible ascendance of flaming liberalism, invoking of ornithological accuracy, wallowing in reality-based thinking. What is post-election America headed for? I shudder to think.

Oh, yeah, saw a mockingbird chowing down on berries on a “weed” I left alone in the yard at the family homestead. Love leaving bits of native vegetation, especially those pesky “weeds,” to see what will show up. Happy to report the notion of nurturing native vegetation in people’s yards is gaining popularity.

Hope those ain’t poisonous berries. Wouldn’t want to kill a mockingbird!

No dead mockingbirds. Also, not pyracantha, so no inebrious feathered friend. At least now I know the stories I’ve heard are true. I think I heard a story on NPR about a town in Texas which has a drunk tank for pyracantha-plastered birds. Fowler, do you know anything about that?

Luckily, no anal retentives next door. Glad to hear the dropped again moved on.

Shoelimpy

So can you share with us any course changes that have happened in Iraq? I haven’t seen any.

Gee, I read Shoelimpy’s first post as a sarcastic rant and found it much more satisfying than when I read it straight. I guess he was just too subtle.

As far as controling open threads goes, it has always been the trolling right wingers who scream and curse. This is a very civil place except for their screed.

As the official thread-killer, I don’t want to leave it to Adam, kind-hearted soul that he is. But Mr. SL hasn’t shown up since, and maybe that’s a good thing.

This is your turn, siobhan. And fowler is our wingnut guy, and I feel protective of him. Attack his ideas, fine, but don’t attack him personally. He’s a good guy. But SL, well, I’ll let Adam’s comments stand. Now, siobhan, you kill the thread.

Well, I’m hoping Adam picks this up on a new post, but did anyone else hear Dumbass warn the country today that we must not DESERT the effort in Iraq? Because if there’s one thing our chickenshit Commander-in-Thief knows - other than how much Jack Daniels it takes to make every woman at the party beautiful, and how much coke it takes to get them to go home with you - it’s desertion. Shirking your duty by avoiding even the cushy never-gonna-see-combat service you signed up for by deciding that working on someone’s campaign is the same thing as serving in the National Guard during wartime. Yeah, let’s not do that