I'm glad they Tase'd him, bro. Anyone who watched the video and doesn't think that spoiled, wannabe, melodramatic, annoying fuck wasn't pandering to the cameras to promote his own douchebaggery is blind and stupid. It's laughable that this tool has now become a cause celebre for police brutality and some cop is probably going to lose his job over this. Andrew "Don't Tase Me, Bro" Meyer is a great example of the spoiled and self-absorbed pricks who currently occupy our universities on Daddy's dime. Better put more money in my 401(k), this country's going to be in the toilet in 20 years. Actually, I remember more than a few dinks like this when I was in school, so nevermind.
Speaking of douchebaggery, O.J., welcome back, my brother! For one night at least, you slept in jail, which is where you belong. How ironic that you may get more prison time for a botched robbery than for the cold-blooded murder of two people. Someone should Tase him, bro. A few times.
How petty has the United States become? The leader of Iran wants to go lay a wreath at Ground Zero and we refuse to let him. This is the international equivalent of taking our ball and going home. How silly. Yeah, he's a dick. But we've got our own dick as President, don't we? Actually, our Dick is Vice President; we've got a Bush as President. Sometimes our Dick gets inside our Bush and that's when we get an orgasm of problems, like the Iraq War, sweetheart deals for Halliburton, and the evisceration of our civil rights. But I'm digressing again. Yeah, Iran's causing problems in Iraq, Syria, and a lot of other places. But is Iran doing anything the United States hasn't done first? We've certainly caused our share of problems in other countries during our history. Here are a few examples of the places we've invaded with our armies, our CIA, and/or our money: Iran, Iraq, Nicaragua, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, Haiti, Somalia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Venezuela, Vietnam, Guatemala, El Salvador, Lebanon, Ecuador, Chile, Korea, and Cambodia. And we're criticizing Iran for meddling in other countries' affairs? Talk about the ass calling the finger stinky. They're just doing what we've been doing for the past 100 years. At least Iran stays relatively close to its own borders.
Sure they're trying to develop nuclear weapons. But we do not occupy the moral high ground in this area. We invented nuclear weapons and have thousands of them stockpiled. Chemical weapons too. And... biological weapons too. "Oh," you say, "it's okay if WE have them. We're a NICE country. We only want what's BEST for the world. Some of those other countries are BAD countries. They do BAD things." That's all a matter of perspective, folks. I don't think most of the world agrees with that point of view. Most of the world thinks George Bush is more dangerous than Osama Bin Forgotten. That's sad, and it shows you how far we've sunk. Oh and by the way, we're the only country that's ever USED nuclear weapons. And we look the other way on nuclear proliferation when countries we like acquire them. You don't hear us complaining about Israel having nuclear weapons, do you? Or India? Or Pakistan? (That last one scares me way more than Iran.) Do those countries have any more right acquire to nuclear weapons than Iran? Why exactly? Iran understands that the United States would think long and hard before it attacks a country that has nuclear weapons, so it's understandable why Iran wants them too.
I know it's not a popular view, but if Iran's nutty professor wants to visit Ground Zero and pay his respects on behalf of the Iranian people, sincere or not, we should let him. What would it cost us? Iran's younger generation is very pro-Western and is chafing under all the stupid rules instituted by Iran's religious leaders. It's only a matter of time before moderates start occupying positions of power in that country, so less, not more, separation between our countries is what's needed here. Snubbing Ahmadinejad, a democratically elected leader, only makes us look like the arrogant fucktards we've been acting like for the past seven years. And even worse, it makes that whackjob look like a victim. Smart move, America!
Besides, people shouldn't forget that Iran actually condemned the 9/11 attacks and was initially helping us in Afghanistan when we invaded six years ago. They only changed their tune after we stupidly invaded Iraq. Uh, can you blame them? How comfortable would we be if we had the Chinese Army occupying Canada and Mexico and building military bases on our borders? It's time we started putting ourselves in the shoes of the countries and leaders we say we despise. Maybe then we'll adopt a foreign policy that plans beyond the next five minutes and does more good than harm.
Damnit, Kyla Ebbert's outfit was NOT too skimpy to fly on Southwest.
Give me a friggin' break. That's what she's wearing and they throw her off a flight? Puh-leaze. There's no cleavage there and hardly any skin. Indeed, I've seen skimpier Christmas Party outfits on some of the secretaries -- I mean "assistants" -- who work in my law firm.
I'd like to know who the hell complained. It had to be a woman. Probably a busybody who reads Quilting Weekly and hasn't been laid in a decade. Damn sure no straight man groused about that outfit. Or even a gay man. Actually, check that. A gay man may have tried to have Kyla thrown off the plane for bad taste. Either way, why can't people mind their own fucking business?
I don't mean to go off on a rant here, but I'm SICK and TIRED of the anal a-holes who always play the victim and who think they can boss everyone around because their hypo-allergenic sensibilities have been offended by something that the average person doesn't give a shit about. Let's round these hypersensitive jerks up and stick them in Ethiopia for a couple of weeks and see how offended they get when they can't find any food or water. Man, these people chap my ass! And I love how the airlines pander to these Human Nerve Endings instead of doing the only thing we want them to do right: take off and land on time. And I also love how every time I fly, I NEVER sit next to someone who looks as slutty hot as Kyla Ebbert. No, instead I get Stank Canker, the 350 lb. frequent flier from Milwaukee who smells like warm salami and three-day old Cheetos.
The "Jena 6" Situation. What a clusterfuck. How does a simple assault and battery get charged as an attempted second-degree murder? That's idiotic. And how in the world does the racist beating of a white kid justify a "March for Justice" led by the Revs. Sharpton and Jackson? What about justice for the kid who got beat up? Seems to me that those protesters are overlooking that someone got their ass kicked here. According to Jackson, the little scamps who did it should only get "probation." I wonder if he'd be supporting probation if the colors in this story were reversed. I wonder how big a protest there would be if it was six white kids who attacked a black kid and put him in the hospital. Oh, it would be bigger alright, but for different reasons. They'd want a LOT of jail time and how! And The Jena 6? C'mon. We're not talkin' The Chicago Seven here. I'm just glad no one got Tase'd bro, or we'd have had ourselves a riot down there. Long way to go on race relations, pee-pull. Long way.On the bright side, at least someone's protesting something in this country. Tens of thousands dead in Iraq and hundreds of thousands murdered in Darfur and you don't hear a peep.
Fall is here, and I'm as happy as Jeremy Piven in a Catholic, all-girls high school. This is my favorite time of the year, by far -- the time of year when I really miss living in the Shire. Brisk, clean air, the leaves are changing, Halloween parties, hay rides, bobbing for apples, the whole nine yards. Down here in NYC, the perks of fall aren't quite as fantabulous, but I'll take them anyway. No more heated city stench wafting off the concrete. No more sweatin' to the oldies on the subway. No more sidewalks packed with Eurotrash and Midwesterners. A nice clear path until Thanksgiving. And we've got our outdoor beer gardens (including one that's coming to the 'Burg this month), our Spa Week, our Village Halloween Parade, our Feast of San Gennaro, and our Film Festival. Best time of the year. Speaking of which, I got myself a hankering for a lager right now.....
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T. I think you are missing the point about . He wants to actually go ONSITE to put a wreath. The world trade center site is now in the midst of major construction. It's dangerous. The families are not even allowed on site anymore. To allow him to do this would require ultra special arrangements, ones that were not even provided this time around on Sept 11th to the families or officials for the reading of the names this year. The ceremony was held in a separate site. So allowing him to do what he is asking him to do, would mean making very special exceptions, modifying the construction schedule, shutting down streets, and lots of extra time, effort, and money on the behalf of our police force and other city employees. So I for one, have no issues telling the man that slanders our country anytime he gets the chance, that NO, we are not going to go out of way, and spend extra money as well as inconvenience New Yorkers to accommodate this request.
I think you're the one missing the point. That's not the reason they wouldn't give him a police escort. He was prepared to simply visit the site, and they still wouldn't provide him with security. The decision was purely political.
Actually that IS part of the reason that they wouldn't. ( A little FYI... he is free to instruct his drivers to drop him off at ground zero for a little stop off anytime he wants - however the NYPD and the powers that be here in NYC didn't feel it was worth our taxpayer dollars to provide him with the EXTRA security ( he already gets a more than basic taxpayer provided NYPD security detail just by default as he is a visiting head of state)that would be necessary in case any drama were to take place. You know, considering so many find him an offensive and disrespectful individual.
Please keep in mind, this is the person who said that the Holocaust never took place,is providing armored vehicles and weapons to anti- american forces in Iraq, (which, of course, is helping to kill our soliders- the ones you were so concerned about a few blog entries ago), allows the good ol' Al-Q to set up training camps in his country... and oh yeah.. the latest- just recently caused the loss of many lives while his military along with Syria's were trying to load chemicals ( WMD's) into a warhead -but accidently screwed it up.
So, you can see how there is a pretty good chance someone might want to, at the very least, give this bastard a little slap on the face.
I, for one, don't think the city should spend any extra money, or disrupt the citizens of New York daily lives in anyway, to accomodate this idiot. However, if you would like to volunteer to be his personal escort to the place thousands of innocent americans died, and/or would like to take up donations to pay for some extra police protection... be my guest.
Maybe on your tour you could also bring him over to the Holocaust museum in BPC while you have him in the hood.
seems pretty simple to me. He's the leader of a foreign country here visiting our country. He's speaking at the UN, and offers to show his condolences by visiting the WTC site. By accusing him of turning it into a spectacle, we ourselves turn it into a spectacle.
no worries though, i still predict we're dropping bombs in Tehren before Christmas.
@K - thank you for your comment and for questioning my support of the U.S. military by suggesting that Iran's President be allowed to visit Ground Zero. Here's my response:
1. You seem really concerned about all the "taxpayer dollars" that would be spent if Ahmadinejad visits Ground Zero, so I'll address that first. Let's assume that it would cost us $10,000 for the hour or two of security detail required for the visit. This is probably much more than it would actually cost. But let's pump it up even higher and assume it would cost us $100,000. No Bob, let's go even higher. Let's assume it would cost us $1,000,000. Bob, I'm feeling frisky, so let's multiply that number by ten and assume it would cost American taxpayers $10,000,000 to allow Mahmoud to visit Ground Zero. Ten Million Dollars.
The Iraq War, a disaster that you apparently support, is costing this country's taxpayers $255 million PER DAY. That's $1.8 billion a week. We've spent trillions of dollars on a war that's lasted longer than World War II and shows no signs of abating anytime soon. Why aren't you complaining about that? Mahmoud's adventure is not even a drop in the bucket by comparison. It's absurd. And it's not New York taxpayers alone who would foot the bill for Mahmoud's trip downtown. All Americans would. Just like we're all footing the bill for an expensive, unwinnable war that has made the world less safe and terrorists more prevalent.
2. Do we poll every leader on his or her views about the Holocaust or other issues before we allow them to visit places in this country? Should we? Ahmadinejad has some screwed up opinions that I don't agree with, to be sure. So do many Americans who live in this country and hang nooses from the backs of their trucks and go on Jerry Springer and rant anti-Semitic and racist remarks. This is beside the point. We already let Ahmadinejad come to New York, didn't we? He's come more than once. He's speaking at Columbia University. He's a democratically elected world leader, which is more than you can say for Saudi Arabia's and Egypt's leaders. So it's okay to allow him into the country but not good enough to let him take a car ride downtown? That makes perfect sense. Not a single Iranian was on either of the planes that hit the Trade Center Towers. Most of the hijackers were from Saudi Arabia. Yet, mere days after 9/11, we allowed Crown Prince Abdullah, a member of the undemocratic royal family that runs Saudi Arabia to visit Ground Zero. While he was down there, he said some stupid, insensitive things. That was okay, presumably because the Bushies are real close with the Saudi Royal Family (Shout out to Michael Moore) but we can't let Iran's leader go. Hmmmm. Sometimes making the world more peaceful means dialoguing with ignorant a-holes. When you completely shut off the lines of communication, that's when things go from bad to worse. Israel for one, understands this. Even though they've suffered at the hands of suicide bombers over the past ten years, Israel has contacts with many Palestinians who, at one time, swore to wipe it off the map. All while taking care of business with an iron fist when necessary. Israel is a strong, yet pragmatic country. We should be too.
3. I have some bad news for you. There are Al Qaeda camps in lots of countries, including many that we're allied with (Saudi Arabia, Jordan) and including our own. Iran has no interest in supporting Al Qaeda beyond getting our asses out of Iraq. Saddam Hussein was also opposed to Al Qaeda, Dick Cheney's intentional lies notwithstanding.
4. I think your Holocaust Museum idea is actually a very good one. Maybe instead of turning Mahmoud down outright, they should have used a little savvy diplomacy and conditioned his little trip to Ground Zero on a visit to the Holocaust Museum. See what happens when you think outside the box?
5. Iran is operating with anti-American intent in Iraq, that is absolutely true. But Iran didn't put our soldiers in Iraq. George Bush did. Iran is also not responsible for the fact that our soldiers don't have adequate equipment, including armored up Humvees and protective gear. The Pentagon and the U.S. government is responsible for that. As your boy Rummy said, "You go to war with the Army you've got, not the one you would like to have." Then why is it that those mercenaries from Blackwater and all those other private "security firms" have better equipment than our own soldiers? Maybe you should ask yourself these important questions the next time you're in the voting both.
@K.G. - I'm thinking the bombs will drop next spring or summer, when the political election season is in full swing and just before Bush leaves office. After the Iraq and Afghanistan debacles, I can't even believe that anyone in our government thinks that bombing Iran makes any sense. Their nuclear weapons programs are buried miles underground, so all a bombing run is going to do is piss off even more Arabs and give more credence to Al Qaeda's core argument that we are an anti-Muslim, imperialist, crusading country who only cares about maintaining the supply of oil money to our Halliburtons and Chevrons and Exxons. Greenspan had it right.
Too tired to address all your points in your response to me above as the subject at hand was M's visit to Ground Zero and not Israel/Palestine , the cost of the war, or my feelings about it in general.
However, I would like to say... that you should not be so presumptuous as to assume how I voted, or that Rummy is my "boy".
But, thanks again for dinner tonight. Ciao ciao.
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