Crap Throwing Monkey

"Train" is a military term referring to the "non-combat" followers in an army. "Logistical train", "siege train", "baggage train". The Romans had trains, yes.

Oh, Jesus...that's going to get messy. Anyone want to quote odds on the Supreme Court ultimately stripping the Indian Nations of their soverignty?

Actually, according to some of the things I've read, the maximum he should have gotten was six months for contempt. Five years is more than "just" abusing his discretion, it's an egregious abuse. However, it's also possible the judge was making a point, knowing a five-year sentence would be overturned on appeal, but demonstrate nonetheless that he wasn't someone to be !@#$ed with in his own court. Or he's just an !@#$. I could go either way on this...

Who said I drink it? I just know it sucks. On the rare occasions I have a beer, it's usually a Guinness.

If we're lucky, they'll spike Coors Lite. Give it some flavor.

Tammy Faye Baker called. She wants her makeup trowel back.

...being not connected to Charlie Sheen, hence we weren't discussing. Jesus, you're an idiot.

Actually, it's his job. Literally.

When did he say anything about nations that support nations that support terrorists?

Because they're French. It has nothing to do with American nationalism. It's because they're French.

Don't think. It's not your strong suit.

Stupid as hell, if true. Why would Russia, knowing Iraq's going to be invaded, run the very real risk of having their source busted by providing info to Saddam? At least no one's found out about their source in the CIA yet...

Not the way the industry works. Realtor's know about as much about loans as loan officers know about real estate: practically nothing. You ask your realtor about loan rates, origination fees, discount points, and the right answer is absolutely "that's not my job, but have you seen this master bedroom suite?", if only because any other answer's likely to be wrong. Typically, when my wife does a closing (she does real estate settlements at a law firm...about four real estate settlements a day, on average. That's a hell of a lot, by the way), she's dealing with the buyer, seller, their agents, their attorneys, and the loan officer. Seven people, all told, involved in a single sale of a house. Typically, not one knows anyone else's job - literally. The attorneys are about as ignorant about real estate sales as the loan officers are about real estate law as the agents are about real estate loans. "That's not my job" is an entirely valid answer...because that's how the industry works. People specialize in real estate; it's very rare for a single person to know anything outside their specialization.

We're still arguing about vote counts in 2000? Lest anyone forget: the MAIN problem was that Florida electoral law didn't strictly define what a "vote" was...thus, depending on who did the counting by what rules (e.g., is a "hanging chad" a vote), you got different results. In other words: this argument is a waste of time. You're arguing about quantifying ambiguities.

Probably not. One of the BIG flaws with Clinton's military policy was that it was excessively risk-averse, and relied on bombing to the exclusion of having people on the ground. Problem with that is, aerial bombing has a very poor track record in terms of getting results on its own, particularly when it comes down to targeting one man...and the problem was as much the Taleban as it was bin Laden (because the problem is basically militant Islam, be it the Taleban, al Qaeda, abu Sayyaf, any of the groups that have their roots in the Muslim Brotherhood, etc.) Invading the country was the right thing to do...and the way they invaded it (limited ground forces and reliance on indigenous forces) was the right way to invade it, for the historical reasons you mention and despite the "But they let Osama get away!" whining. Now the occupation, and the whole Iraq thing...different stories. But as far as invading Afghanistan with ground troops and kicking the Taleban's asses...only complaint I might come up with there is we indirectly increased the divisions between Musharraf and his militant Islamic population in a nuclear-armed Pakistan. Can't wait to see how the blowback works out on that one...

So outsourcing port management to the rag heads is bad, but outsourcing port security to the chinks is okay? I wonder if Congress will try to apply the Menendez bill to this deal?

Did that include religious donations? Just curious...

Given that he'd almost certainly have continued Clinton's miserable lack of foreign policy...yeah, he could have been worse.

By the way...thanks for letting me borrow your dress.

It should. He's a Bush lemming.

"The door for Hayes' return wasn't completely closed. In the show's final scene, members of the "Super Adventure Club" try to revive Chef, and it's not clear he's really dead." Oh, no. I think that door's pretty !@#$ing closed by now.

I believe you can shorten that to "It's the French".

It can be both. We occupied them to liberate them.

That's the best occupation plan I've heard in a while, actually... Which is pretty damned sad...

And if it were the Clintons, you'd be the first in there with cigar jokes. Just let it go...