Harlem Globetrotters in War on Terror!

Just so you know, George H W Bush was DCI appointed by Ford. Before he was DCI he was Ambassador to the United Nations, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, and Envoy to China. He had no "spy" experience either but in the short time he was DCI he was credited with improving conditions at the CIA. In fact, it was not until 1966 that the first actual "company man" was named to DCI.

William Webster, appointed by Bush I was a legal professional who had been a Judge and FBI Director. Panetta's resume is as good as many of the men that have been DCI and some who were part of the intelligence community ended up doing more damage than good, including William Casey who conspired with Oliver North to violate the law and sell weapons to Iran and funnel the money to the Contras.
 
Dixie said:
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?
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Exactly who is it that you are calling Meadowlark Lemon?

And you are aware, I hope, that most of the teams the Globetrotters played were "stooge" teams that were gathered just for the exhibition games??

"The Generals were formed in 1952 by Louis "Red" Klotz, who served as owner, player and coach, when Globetrotters’ owner Abe Saperstein invited Klotz to form a squad to accompany his team on their tours. With a nod to Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Atlantic City–based Washington Generals were born. The Generals have evolved from Philadelphia Sphas, a team dating back to the 1920s and was sold in 1950 to Klotz, who starred for the team in the 1940s.

The Generals provided deliberately ineffective opposition as a foil for the Globetrotters' comedy routines. The Globetrotters' acts often featured incredible coordination and skillful handling of one or more basketballs, such as passing or juggling balls between players, balancing or spinning balls on their fingertips, and making unusual, difficult shots. The Generals on the other hand would try to play a game of "serious" basketball in return.


During the 1971-72 season, the Generals' name was alternated with the Boston Shamrocks, New Jersey Reds, Baltimore Rockets, and Atlantic City Seagulls. It was actually the same team of players but they would change uniforms between games to give the appearance of more teams. The team would rotate between these identities for a few seasons before going back to the Generals identity full-time."




Now, believe it or not, the games you are using to compare our terrorist war with were not actual competitions. They was staged events for entertainment.
 
Dixie said:
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?
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you are all the entertainment most of us need, Dix...

It is sad that you value ideology over patriotism
 
Dixie said:
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?
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Weren't you just saying about a week ago that his admin was going to be "exactly like Bush?"

That's really something; to be able to argue two completely opposite positions like that. It should be in the spin Hall of Fame.
 
Socrtease said:
Just so you know, George H W Bush was DCI appointed by Ford. Before he was DCI he was Ambassador to the United Nations, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, and Envoy to China. He had no "spy" experience either but in the short time he was DCI he was credited with improving conditions at the CIA. In fact, it was not until 1966 that the first actual "company man" was named to DCI.

William Webster, appointed by Bush I was a legal professional who had been a Judge and FBI Director. Panetta's resume is as good as many of the men that have been DCI and some who were part of the intelligence community ended up doing more damage than good, including William Casey who conspired with Oliver North to violate the law and sell weapons to Iran and funnel the money to the Contras.
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We also weren't fighting two wars against a very covert and clandestine enemy. Leon Panetta is a school teacher! He would have probably made a good Secretary of Education, but he is completely unqualified to be the director of the Central Intelligence Agency. But hey.... it's all good! It's part of the zany and fun-filled antics of the show!

...I'm thinking... Paul Bagala as National Security Advisor!!
 
Ok Dixie, let me ask you again....


Are you saying the war has BEEN a game? Or that it has BECOME a game?
 
Dixie, for now, it is fairly ridiculous for any rightie who was as supportive of invading Iraq as you were to lecture anyone - anyone at all - about national security, foreign policy or any aspect of what used to be called the "war on terror." It's kinda like relying on Marv Levy for advice on how to win the Superbowl.

Sit back & hush up, now. No one's listening anymore. There is probably a statute of limitations on your wrongheadedness regarding these matters, but it's at least a few years off....
 
Dixie said:
We also weren't fighting two wars against a very covert and clandestine enemy. Leon Panetta is a school teacher! He would have probably made a good Secretary of Education, but he is completely unqualified to be the director of the Central Intelligence Agency. But hey.... it's all good! It's part of the zany and fun-filled antics of the show!

...I'm thinking... Paul Bagala as National Security Advisor!!
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We were fighting the cold war. A time when espionage and intel gathering was at its height. Panetta is no worse a pick than George H W Bush was, nor worse than Webster. You're getting Panetta! Get used to it!
 
Onceler said:
Weren't you just saying about a week ago that his admin was going to be "exactly like Bush?"

That's really something; to be able to argue two completely opposite positions like that. It should be in the spin Hall of Fame.
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Nope, never said that, I think you've misquoted me again Lummox.

With his cabinet picks early on, it was interesting how many selections he made that were similar to what McCain or Bush would have made, heck he even kept Bush's Homeland Security Director... (I guess Alec Baldwin was too busy to do it!) For a while, I was starting to kind of like the guy! I thought I may actually regret not voting for him! But somewhere between his 10th and 15th press conference, I guess he started getting more cocky, and decided he could just appoint whoever, and no one would care... so we get Leon Panetta in charge of international intelligence.

Has Obama actually formed a coherent sentence yet, regarding his position on the Israel/Palestinian issue? I guess that must still be in the focus group?
 
Solitary said:
Ok Dixie, let me ask you again....


Are you saying the war has BEEN a game? Or that it has BECOME a game?
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I think for some (like Lummox) it's been a game all along. For others, it has gone largely unnoticed. When Starbucks began to close stores, and pinheads didn't have anywhere to hang out anymore, they started paying attention to it, and it also became a game for them to be entertained by. It was boring to see all the American flags waving, and hear talk of how we killed the #2 guy in alQaeda, I mean, what's the fun of that? So they joined together to vote Bush off the island! Because that's what this is all about to them! It's a fucking Reality Show!
 
"I think for some (like Lummox) it's been a game all along"

Uh, no - now there is a despicable lie. I'm hoping to help you understand what is a lie, and what isn't.

This war has always been what it basically is to me - a terrible tragedy & waste of life, and one of our worst foreign policy blunders. It's something that transformed the country into people whose intelligence I respect, and the legions of lobotomized drones (see: mirror) who enabled an egotisitical President, who once told a ghostwriter that he didn't think a leader could achieve "greatness" without a war, to lie & mislead the entire nation to war.
 
Dixie said:
I think for some (like Lummox) it's been a game all along. For others, it has gone largely unnoticed. When Starbucks began to close stores, and pinheads didn't have anywhere to hang out anymore, they started paying attention to it, and it also became a game for them to be entertained by. It was boring to see all the American flags waving, and hear talk of how we killed the #2 guy in alQaeda, I mean, what's the fun of that? So they joined together to vote Bush off the island! Because that's what this is all about to them! It's a fucking Reality Show!
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Ok, so this is more about you being pissed about the election and taking cheap shots than it is about you really believing that the antiterrorism work is a joke.

That explains it all.
 
Yep. You didn't want to play this "fight the terrorist" game after 9/11, you wanted to focus on more serious issues, like universal health care and gay rights. I understand completely!
 
Dixie said:
Yep. You didn't want to play this "fight the terrorist" game after 9/11, you wanted to focus on more serious issues, like universal health care and gay rights. I understand completely!
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YOu are looking for something to whine and bitch about concerning the incoming administration.

We understand completely.
 
Dixie said:
Yep. You didn't want to play this "fight the terrorist" game after 9/11, you wanted to focus on more serious issues, like universal health care and gay rights. I understand completely!
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You pathetic loser. I knew people who died on 9/11, and yeah, I did want to play "fight the terrorist", as in Bin Laden & the people who actually ATTACKED US.

Moron. Iraq was a PNAC fantasy, and invading that country has exacerbated the problem, and made us less safe, all while OBL & the rest continue to plot against us. You have been wrong from day one about terror, but that isn't stopping you.

You're a truly hateful person.
 
Onceler, you are absolutely right. Dixie is trying to make Iraq about the war on terror.

But repeating the same bullshit doesn't change the smell at all.
 
Solitary said:
Onceler, you are absolutely right. Dixie is trying to make Iraq about the war on terror.

But repeating the same bullshit doesn't change the smell at all.
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The tone of Dixie's threads since election day have been absolutely amazing. They basically come from a starting point of "Bush did this beautifully and the country is in a great position now, and here comes Obama to screw it all up," whether it's the economy, or Iraq, or whatever...
 
Solitary said:
Onceler, you are absolutely right. Dixie is trying to make Iraq about the war on terror.

But repeating the same bullshit doesn't change the smell at all.
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Sol...Onceler and I have been listening to Dixie sing that same exact tune now for nearly eight years!
 
Solitary said:
Ok, so this is more about you being pissed about the election and taking cheap shots than it is about you really believing that the antiterrorism work is a joke.

That explains it all.
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No, this is an insight and evaluation of who we are as a country. On 9/11 we were attacked by radical fundamentalist terrorists and real people died. Our president at the time, vowed to avenge the deaths by defeating said terrorist fundamentalism, and that was also very real, with very real consequences.

But we live in the "new age" and we don't understand "reality" anymore. Everything is an X-box 360 game, a simulation, a fantasy world! When things started getting tough, a bunch of us threw up our hands and gave up! It's no fun playing a game you can't beat, and it's no fun playing a game you win all the time! So pinheads have tweaked and altered the game to make it more interesting. And that's where we're at today.... half this country is playing a game! It's a tough game, but they think they are winning now! And if they don't, oh well, it's just a game, right? There are plenty more games out there! We can keep feeding our need to be entertained, and we can find new and different games to do that. I hear there is a really neat economics simulation in the works!
 
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