Harlem Globetrotters in War on Terror!

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Dixie - In Memoriam

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Remember when you were a kid and Wide World of Sports would sometimes feature the Harlem Globetrotters in an "exhibition game" against the Boston Shamrocks? Meadowlark Lemon, Curly Neal and the boys would put on a real show, but sometimes, it would look as if Boston might have a chance, they would score a few baskets on the 'trotters, and the game would be kinda interesting for a bit, but eventually, the guys would stop fooling around and put them away soundly in the end. It was always entertaining, and you always knew the Globetrotters would win, but it was funny to watch those guys from Boston as they honestly seemed to think they may have a chance at beating the world-famous superstars. They never did.

Well, I think I figured out what is going on with the US and the War on Terror! We are the Harlem Globetrotters! It's not entertaining enough if we just put alQaeda and the Terrorists away with no contest! We have to let them make it interesting! Oh, we could get serious about it, and trounce them without any effort at all, but what is the "fun" in that? It's more intriguing if we allow the liberal clowns to guffaw it up a bit, goof around and let the opposition score a few points on us, make the 'visitors' think they actually have a shot at winning, then eventually get down to business and put it away in the end.

This is how we ended up with an inexperienced president and an even more inexperienced director of the CIA... Hell, maybe Obama should appoint Curly Neal as Homeland Security Director, and Meadowlark can be the FBI head! It couldn't get much more comical than what we have now. Yep... I can see the Globetrotters taking Meadowlark out of the game... he goes to the bench and begins getting a pedicure, as the water boy goes in as his replacement, and the Shamrocks actually take the lead for the first time in the game! That was funny, funny stuff!
 
Interesting idea, but in the end I think you are barking up the wrong tree.


We are fighting a war against an opponent that has no identifiable base of operations, no standing army, obeys no rules, knows how to use media exposure and public sentiment against us, and has a huge population from which to recruit.

And we have a huge and cumbersome bureaucracy, have detailed rules of engagement, and must tiptoe around public sentiment.

We are not "letting" them do anything. We are chasing ghosts. Our strengths are being exploited.



The reason we ended up with an inexperienced president is that the majority of the population didn't trust the experienced politicians.
 
Solitary said:
Interesting idea, but in the end I think you are barking up the wrong tree.


We are fighting a war against an opponent that has no identifiable base of operations, no standing army, obeys no rules, knows how to use media exposure and public sentiment against us, and has a huge population from which to recruit.

And we have a huge and cumbersome bureaucracy, have detailed rules of engagement, and must tiptoe around public sentiment.

We are not "letting" them do anything. We are chasing ghosts. Our strengths are being exploited.



The reason we ended up with an inexperienced president is that the majority of the population didn't trust the experienced politicians.
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LOL... Correction, dumbass... We are NOT fighting a war. We are playing a game! An entertaining little diversionary game from our everyday x-box-driven lives, and it gets to be a boring game, so we instigate change. At least half of this country, (if not more), doesn't take this game seriously, it's nothing more than something to bark about.

Just like the 'Trotters vs. Shamrocks, one side is serious, one side is putting everything they have on the line for the win, and the other side is wearing a red rubber nose and clown paint. Granted, we will eventually prevail, we always do... just like the Globetrotters... but also, just like them, we have to make it entertaining to the public. That's what the hell is happening now.
 
Dixie said:
LOL... Correction, dumbass... We are NOT fighting a war. We are playing a game! An entertaining little diversionary game from our everyday x-box-driven lives, and it gets to be a boring game, so we instigate change. At least half of this country, (if not more), doesn't take this game seriously, it's nothing more than something to bark about.

Just like the 'Trotters vs. Shamrocks, one side is serious, one side is putting everything they have on the line for the win, and the other side is wearing a red rubber nose and clown paint. Granted, we will eventually prevail, we always do... just like the Globetrotters... but also, just like them, we have to make it entertaining to the public. That's what the hell is happening now.
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Now you see Dixie, that is why I have asked if you are naturally an asshole or if you work at it. A difference of opinion is fine. But considering one of us is looking at it as a war and one is looking at it as an exhibition basketball game, if there is a dumbass in this conversation, you would be the ignorant mule.

Now there is a big part of the population that is blissfully unaware of what is happening. And that is just fine, because they have neither the skills nor the heart to join in the fight.

But the people who's job it is to fight the extremist muslim terrorists are at it 24/7. You may think its all a show to entertain, but they know different.

But it is the nature of the opponent that determines the outcome. And we cannot have an outright victory against such an opponent. But what we CAN have is enough of an effect to keep them running rather than planning. We can disrupt their operations often enough to make it difficult for them. And, hopefully, someday the people who want us dead will see the futility and error of their ways.



But it is damn sure not some silly game to entertain anyone. And it never has been.
 
Seriously? This is the best nugget of wisdom you could come up with for the day? Harlem Globetrotters?
 
Solitary said:
Now you see Dixie, that is why I have asked if you are naturally an asshole or if you work at it. A difference of opinion is fine. But considering one of us is looking at it as a war and one is looking at it as an exhibition basketball game, if there is a dumbass in this conversation, you would be the ignorant mule.

Now there is a big part of the population that is blissfully unaware of what is happening. And that is just fine, because they have neither the skills nor the heart to join in the fight.

But the people who's job it is to fight the extremist muslim terrorists are at it 24/7. You may think its all a show to entertain, but they know different.

But it is the nature of the opponent that determines the outcome. And we cannot have an outright victory against such an opponent. But what we CAN have is enough of an effect to keep them running rather than planning. We can disrupt their operations often enough to make it difficult for them. And, hopefully, someday the people who want us dead will see the futility and error of their ways.

But it is damn sure not some silly game to entertain anyone. And it never has been.
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Sure it is Sol. It's a great big Reality Show game! I agree, the people who are out there battling alQaeda 24/7, know what they are doing, just like the Globetrotters knew how to play flawless basketball! But they aren't allowed to do what they know how to do, or exhibit all of their talent at once... noooo... that would be too easy and boring for the American public! We have to mollycoddle the terrorist "shamrocks" a little, give them a sense that they are still in the game, that they could still win it! We have to stop performing our amazing feats of terrorist interrogation and pretend we are mild mannered kindergarten teachers who are intent on treating everyone fairly. We have to replace intelligence professionals with political hacks who don't have a clue, instead of turning up the heat and winning. It's all for show, we all know the US wins in the end, it always does, we just need to be entertained. Let's allow alQaeda to score a few more baskets on us, while we yuck it up with all the liberal hijinx, then we'll get serious and put it away! It's no fun to just win without sweating a little, and making it look like the other side has a shot.

Yep, it's a game Sol... read the left wing blogs, listen to the pinheads here, they don't take the War on Terror seriously a bit. They don't see alQaeda as any more of a threat than the Globetrotters saw the Shamrocks. They want to be entertained by the game, and Bush was just boring with that... With him, it was all a total slam dunk, the other team didn't even have a chance! We want to see "competition" Sol! We want to see alQaeda come from behind and take the lead, and maybe look like they might pull off the upset! It's what we're all about!
 
ib1yysguy said:
Glaring insanity.
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What? Appointing Leon Panetta Director of the CIA while we are involved in two wars? Nah, it's no more insane than Meadowlark getting a pedicure while the water boy fills in for him and the Shamrocks make a comeback. It's part of the show! It's what we want! We have the most powerful military apparatus the world has ever known, We could turn the middle east into a giant glass fishbowl, and have every Muslim on the planet begging us to please just let them live, if we wanted to. But we had rather be entertained! We had rather slack off and let the terrorists make a game of it! That's what we want and expect here, because we all know who will ultimately prevail, it's boring to just defeat them without a challenge.

It's much more entertaining to allow pinhead liberals to goof around and let alQaeda hit us a few more times, kill a few more unsuspecting American citizens, let a few more liberal sleazeball professors call them "little Eichmanns" and blame America some more... really play it up! That's what America is looking for here, not "victory" in the War on Terror.

No, if we wanted absolute victory in the war, we would take a page from Israel and kick some ass. We wouldn't be electing incompetent and inexperienced leadership who appoints political hacks from previous administrations, and cow-tows to the left, while dodging every major policy position he can. It's not "insanity" at all, it's part of the fucking show! ENJOY IT!
 
Dixie said:
Come on Pinheads, join in the one-liner chorus of personal insults! You don't have anything substantive to say anyway, so just keep the sideshow going!
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Look dumbass, I didn't start out with name calling, you did. Again with evidence of your freudian projection.

If Bush took it so seriously, then why the hell didn't we win the war after fighting it for 8 fucking years??

No, not a highball or an eightball. This sort of assholieness and stupidity are from experiences in life, not chemistry.
 
Dixie said:
Come on Pinheads, join in the one-liner chorus of personal insults! You don't have anything substantive to say anyway, so just keep the sideshow going!
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most good repair officers in the navy don't know how to weld, they know how to manage a repair shop and lead sailors who are welders. Leon Panetta is a smart man and an accomplished manager and leader. He'll do just fine.
 
maineman said:
most good repair officers in the navy don't know how to weld, they know how to manage a repair shop and lead sailors who are welders. Leon Panetta is a smart man and an accomplished manager and leader. He'll do just fine.
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Most repair officers in the Navy are also probably more qualified to lead the Central Intelligence Agency than Mr. Panetta. We don't need a manager, we need someone who knows about spying. Someone like General John Abizaid, who knows how to speak Arabic and understands the fundamentals of the War on Terror. Panetta is not only unqualified, he is another in a long line of Clinton lackeys appointed in this administration. Change? I think we got jipped!
 
Dixie said:
Most repair officers in the Navy are also probably more qualified to lead the Central Intelligence Agency than Mr. Panetta. We don't need a manager, we need someone who knows about spying. Someone like General John Abizaid, who knows how to speak Arabic and understands the fundamentals of the War on Terror. Panetta is not only unqualified, he is another in a long line of Clinton lackeys appointed in this administration. Change? I think we got jipped!
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I disagree. We need a great leader and manager... who can keep the professional spies on track.

and the change we needed was to change the political party of the guy running the show. We got that.

He and his new CIA boss will do a great job.
 
Solitary said:
If Bush took it so seriously, then why the hell didn't we win the war after fighting it for 8 fucking years??
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Oh, I don't know, maybe because half the country views the War on Terror like the latest Survivor series. People talk about "Bush's mistakes" all the time, but I believe his biggest mistake of all, was assuming we were the same nation that fought WWII. We're clearly not! If WWII had happened in the present climate, we would have lost.
 
maineman said:
I disagree. We need a great leader and manager... who can keep the professional spies on track.

and the change we needed was to change the political party of the guy running the show. We got that.

He and his new CIA boss will do a great job.
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We have Meadowlark on the bench getting a pedicure while the water boy substitutes for him in the game, that's what we have. Oh it will be entertaining, for sure! That's what we want, to be entertained! No one seriously believes alQaeda has a prayer, we all know the US will somehow find a way to win the War on Terror, we always find a way to win, just like the Globetrotters.

I can hardly wait to see the next hilarious Obama appointment... oh wait... Sonja Gupta as Surgeon General! ...I guess Dr. Phil was too "right wing" huh?
 
Dixie said:
Most repair officers in the Navy are also probably more qualified to lead the Central Intelligence Agency than Mr. Panetta. We don't need a manager, we need someone who knows about spying. Someone like General John Abizaid, who knows how to speak Arabic and understands the fundamentals of the War on Terror. Panetta is not only unqualified, he is another in a long line of Clinton lackeys appointed in this administration. Change? I think we got jipped!
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So let me ask you, are you saying the war has BEEN a game? Or that it has BECOME a game?
 
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