tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post6440924740731616387..comments2024-03-29T05:29:57.536-04:00Comments on The DiploMad 2.0: Things That Will Not Die! DiploMadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-27418099582311904012017-11-24T08:37:28.092-05:002017-11-24T08:37:28.092-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.fortnitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01045597712306377453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-73859685155252741772012-12-19T00:01:11.049-05:002012-12-19T00:01:11.049-05:00priceless ...thankspriceless ...thanksGeneral P. Malaisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12254206981855750578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-20140196557051700022012-12-08T14:13:22.712-05:002012-12-08T14:13:22.712-05:00Question: From your experience and your reading o...Question: From your experience and your reading of science fiction, what do you think of Keith Laumer's stories about Retief of the <i> Corps Diplomatique Terestrienne?</i>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10833668365026291128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-69468731968518262222012-12-08T14:11:31.797-05:002012-12-08T14:11:31.797-05:00Couple more...
1. The people who promote governm...Couple more...<br /><br />1. The people who promote government regulations are motivated solely by a sincere wish to promote the common good.<br /><br />2. Peace activists are distinguished by their superior moral sensibilities.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10833668365026291128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-85277121842254029762012-12-08T09:56:27.643-05:002012-12-08T09:56:27.643-05:00Don't forget the 'Whoopie Goldberg' sp...Don't forget the 'Whoopie Goldberg' special:<br /><br />Republicans want to bring back Slavery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-46255308629992665892012-12-07T01:35:49.838-05:002012-12-07T01:35:49.838-05:00millionaire's and billionaire'smillionaire's and billionaire's<br />xangonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-63203962623631641212012-12-06T09:15:10.333-05:002012-12-06T09:15:10.333-05:00Lol you forgot "Former Senator Ted Kennedy, t...Lol you forgot "Former Senator Ted Kennedy, the Democrat Lion of the Senate" - without so much as a peep about Mary Jo Kopechne or his trying to get the Soviets to help him with his presidential bid in 1984.Wanderlusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06552045133035246679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-70883403249302961252012-12-06T09:13:02.752-05:002012-12-06T09:13:02.752-05:00I've heard something similar to this theory po...I've heard something similar to this theory posited, at least the part where all the syncophants were lying out of their tailpipes to Saddam regarding their nuclear work. Whatever stage it might have been at by 2003, however, the fact is Saddam believed it (and his belief in his programs got picked up by our spooks), and no one has accounted for the convoys of trucks that went to Syria just before the US Army rolled up Baghdad.<br /><br />With regard to chemical WMDs, the UN ensured none would be found by defining them as being "loaded in the warhead, ready to fire". As most chemical weapons are binary chemicals, no one would have them loaded into shells unless they were going to be immediately used. The UN was only too happy then to report that there were no chemical WMDs per that definition, so that it could cover up years of its own ineptitude and assist everyone else in excoriating the US for the invasion.Wanderlusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06552045133035246679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-90798802310306419362012-12-06T09:03:39.945-05:002012-12-06T09:03:39.945-05:00I try to remind my Democrat friends of facts like ...I try to remind my Democrat friends of facts like this all the time, but the brainwash du jour is that the old racist Dems somehow got transmutated into Reagan Democrats cum Republicans in 1980. Viola! Now the party of the KKK has been magically transformed into the party of "we fight for the disadvantaged", or some sh*t.Wanderlusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06552045133035246679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-75590698430858512582012-12-04T19:46:04.183-05:002012-12-04T19:46:04.183-05:00Wow. Knew he was a spy but hadn't heard this t...Wow. Knew he was a spy but hadn't heard this take on it.<br />Great response.<br /><br />Thanks again to Diplomad for getting the ball rolling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-28488884171976353882012-12-04T13:31:36.405-05:002012-12-04T13:31:36.405-05:00Question #6: You are far wealthier than Mitt Romne...Question #6: You are far wealthier than Mitt Romney and yet your political party villified Mr. Romney's wealth. Why are you any different?TheOldMannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-12307761797266568492012-12-03T12:10:32.314-05:002012-12-03T12:10:32.314-05:00another batch:
- economic justice (who decides?)
...another batch:<br /><br />- economic justice (who decides?)<br />- social justice (who decides?)<br />- fair share (who decides?)<br />- equality (who decides?)<br /><br />All of the issues on the list give control to the government or a group granted moral authority by the governed.<br /><br />Bottom line message of the progressive point of view...people are sheep and the government knows best. Reagan said it best...government isn't the solution, it's the problem.<br /><br />There is your isotope.<br /><br />The challenge is how to deliver the isotope to the monster. The monster is more like Invasion of the Body Snatchers. You have to deliver the isotope without killing the host. And what delivery vehicle since the MSM won't help?<br /><br />Part of what gives such fetile ground for the progressive message is the host's insecurity, guilt, shame, desire to be viewed as a good person. Showing the true evil of progressive views ad the goodness of conservative views helps. Show the death, poverty, and slavery of progressive solutions being implmented like DC and Chicago. Show the naked walking the streets in San Francisco. The decay of that agenda.<br /><br />Show the joy of individuality and freedom like you see in TV shows like Sons of Guns and Gold Rush. Sure there's hard work, sacrifice, but they are LIVING!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-63151762473586014462012-12-03T12:08:42.094-05:002012-12-03T12:08:42.094-05:00That there are 57 states in these United States of...That there are 57 states in these United States of America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-41268789852714356522012-12-03T11:52:28.774-05:002012-12-03T11:52:28.774-05:00Here are a few more:
- we're runing out of oi...Here are a few more:<br /><br />- we're runing out of oil, trees, etc...raping the planet<br /><br />- greedy capitalist, CEO's, bankers, corporations....the label "robber baron" is taught in school to set the stage...this ties in to the raping the planet label too. If you actually compare the pollution of the old soviet areas versus the same areas after they became democracies and capitalist, you'll see they are cleaner BY FAR now.<br /><br />- academic freedom that isn't free when it involves a conservative point of view<br /><br />- stimulous spending works (NOT)....<br /><br />- the US is the richest country so we should pay for XYZ..we have HUGE debt so the wealth of the country is an illusion<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-46650609006900304532012-12-03T08:25:47.572-05:002012-12-03T08:25:47.572-05:00Why would expect truthful replies? Or that there ...Why would expect truthful replies? Or that there would be any negative consequences for Damning answers?Consul-At-Armshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391037582103556978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-87525455909178571852012-12-03T06:10:11.874-05:002012-12-03T06:10:11.874-05:00English spelling as done by the British. Seriously...English spelling as done by the British. Seriously. Americans say color, Brits say colour. We say harbor, They say harbour. They spelled Gaea as Gaia and it has stuckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-70995832485654332312012-12-03T02:50:16.727-05:002012-12-03T02:50:16.727-05:00Here's one for your list DM, "Americans a...Here's one for your list DM, "Americans are the Most Racist People on the Planet".<br /><br />Had this one popped the first time I left the U.S. and have had the same experience on every overseas trip since. Russia, U.K., Poland, Germany, Yemen, Cyprus...everywhere I've gone I've witnessed the most jaw-dropping, hateful racism you can imagine...usually from the Western-educated upper crust of whatever country I'm in too. Stuff I heard directed at Africans in front of Harrod's last week would get people tuned up in Texas...by white folks.<br /><br />We have race problems in the U.S. to be sure, but we're waaaaay in front of most other places. Way in front.Swogglernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-71547842025306693582012-12-02T21:23:52.213-05:002012-12-02T21:23:52.213-05:00Kepha, If I remember correctly after the Second Wo...Kepha, If I remember correctly after the Second World War, China was in terrible financial straights. Chiang Kai-shek needed money and help to keep a army and fight the revolutionaries. The Americans in China, rather that outright helping Moa, withheld aid to Kai-shek. This aided in the fall of China. One of the things McCarthy found was the American Libraries in Asia were loaded with Communist literature and he tried to find out who in the State Department was responsible. He actually was quite successful. This is my recollection and it could be spotty.kricketshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17310803148173335659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-29206307129651595832012-12-02T17:41:45.208-05:002012-12-02T17:41:45.208-05:00Yeah, Rob. Somehow it always escapes everybody tha...Yeah, Rob. Somehow it always escapes everybody that it was the Democrat sheriffs, deputies and state government agencies that turned the fire hoses on the demonstrators, and let the dogs loose!<br /><br />Keep lurking; we love it.<br /><br />SandraCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-66170940509445943672012-12-02T16:49:50.562-05:002012-12-02T16:49:50.562-05:00Dip, I've got my own theory about Iraqi nukes....Dip, I've got my own theory about Iraqi nukes. It was born shortly after I heard the UN offering to meet with Iraqi scientists in Europe, and work exits for their families.<br /><br />I suspect that knowing that Sodom Insane wanted a nuke and fearing for their lives if he didn't get one, certain Iraqi nuclear scientists started promising the Big Guy that the Iraqi nuke was just around the corner. However, in time, they realized that the Boss was getting suspicious, the Mukhabarat was closing in, and they panicked and talked to the CIA hoping to provoke an American intervention. I suspect these scientists are now hiding out in the USA as asylees, and they won't be known to the public until after they have all died of natural causes--perhaps when my grand-daughter is middle-aged.Kephahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00999385775493831638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-89712873197986949272012-12-02T16:46:08.322-05:002012-12-02T16:46:08.322-05:00krickets, I'm one who thinks that Chiang Kai-s...krickets, I'm one who thinks that Chiang Kai-shek had the better vision for China, that Mao was a vicious bandit who'd learned to quote Marx, and hope Taiwan gets international recognition (even as the rump of Sun Yat-sen's Republic of China founded in 1911). However, our State Department did not chase Chiang to Taiwan.<br /><br />If anyone deserves the blame for "losing China", it was a generation of Chinese intellectuals formed in the period between 1919 and 1949 who hear the words "scientific socialism" and were hooked. They are Exhibit A1 in the case of "be careful what you pray for", for they got theirs when the Gang of Five--oops, Four--killed them off in the Great Cultural Revolution.Kephahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00999385775493831638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-15938566912356785862012-12-02T14:18:11.254-05:002012-12-02T14:18:11.254-05:00I would like to be the one posing the questions to...I would like to be the one posing the questions to John Kerry when he goes to the Senate for approval for SecState.<br /><br />Question #1: Did you ever lose your security clearance?<br />Question #2: Did you ever receive a less than honorable discharge?<br />Question #3: Why did you have to apply to a Presidential Review Board to recieve an honorable discharge?<br />Question #4: Did you know you were violating the law when you met with the VC and the DRV to negotiate a settlement during wartime while you were still a commissioned officer in the USNR?<br />Question #5: Will you release your fitness reports?Corky Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16363812378536729410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-14474858000395266062012-12-02T13:59:23.423-05:002012-12-02T13:59:23.423-05:00Ah, son of Mothra fear not!Ah, son of Mothra fear not!Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642228725661059539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-35789271824902252012012-12-02T13:19:02.998-05:002012-12-02T13:19:02.998-05:00I hope no. 12 never dies!!!I hope no. 12 never dies!!!DiploMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-40219688794445137552012-12-02T07:35:14.914-05:002012-12-02T07:35:14.914-05:00Good one! Might could go under "Noble savage&...Good one! Might could go under "Noble savage".Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642228725661059539noreply@blogger.com