GERIATRIC QUEENS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ARE REJOICING AS ONE OF THEIR OWN PRAISES CELEBRITY IN CHIEF BARRY O.
ROBERT REDFORD, WHO NEVER HAD THE SENSE TO REALIZE HIS FILM ACTING CAREER DIED WITH LEGAL EAGLES AND WILL NEVER BE COMING BACK, IS SLOBBERING OVER BARRY O YET AGAIN.
BARRY O'S DONE NOTHING TO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT AND REDFORD'S EMBARRASSING AND CONSTANT PRAISE OF BARRY O IS AS LAUGHABLE AS THAT CHEAP AND OBVIOUS RUG ON TOP OF REDFORD'S HEAD.
A 76-YEAR-OLD BLONDE, WHAT A LAUGH.
FROM THE TCI WIRE:
Let's start by dipping into the archives to give someone credit for being right:
Last night on The NewsHour (PBS -- link has text, video and audio options), Margaret Warner moderated a discussion on the latest trades and deals between Meghan O'Sullivan who served in the Bully Boy Bush administration and Feisal Istrabadi who was Iraq's Deputy Ambassador to the UN (2004 - 2007). Excerpt:
MARGARET
WARNER: Let me just interrupt, and quickly, because I -- before we run
out of time, what is this going to mean for the violence we have been
seeing on the rise in Iraq, Mr. Istrabadi?
FEISAL
ISTRABADI: I don't see any indications that Nouri al-Maliki has the
first idea of what to do about the rising violence. The violence cannot
be dealt with -- and we have been saying this for five years -- the
violence cannot be dealt with merely militarily. There has to be
reconciliation amongst the various factions. Nothing in Nouri
al-Maliki's history indicates that he is prepared to undertake such
reconciliation.
That's from the November 12, 2010 snapshot so "last night" was the November 11, 2010 broadcast of The NewsHour. Let's note one more time Feisal Istrabadi's remarks.
FEISAL
ISTRABADI: I don't see any indications that Nouri al-Maliki has the
first idea of what to do about the rising violence. The violence cannot
be dealt with -- and we have been saying this for five years -- the
violence cannot be dealt with merely militarily. There has to be
reconciliation amongst the various factions. Nothing in Nouri
al-Maliki's history indicates that he is prepared to undertake such
reconciliation.
On the first two days of July, Iraq Body Count counts 102 violent deaths. AFP adds that 320 have been injured. Jason Ditz (Antiwar.com) reminds, "The UN has released its estimate on deaths in Iraq for the month of June as 761, somewhat below the May toll of over 1,000, but still well above the toll of April, and the worst June since at least 2008." The United Nations adds, "In a report issued last week, UNAMI said that at least 3,200 civilians were killed and more than 10,000 injured in during the second half of 2012 in a reversal of the trend that had seen violence decline in recent years."
Again from November of 2010:
FEISAL
ISTRABADI: I don't see any indications that Nouri al-Maliki has the
first idea of what to do about the rising violence. The violence cannot
be dealt with -- and we have been saying this for five years -- the
violence cannot be dealt with merely militarily. There has to be
reconciliation amongst the various factions. Nothing in Nouri
al-Maliki's history indicates that he is prepared to undertake such
reconciliation.
Violence continues today in Iraq. National Iraqi News Agency reports a roadside bombing north of Baghdad has claimed the lives of 2 Sahwa and left five more injured, a Tikrit roadside bombing claimed the life of 1 police officer and left two more injured, another Tikrit bombing has claimed 1 life and left another person injured, a Falluja armed attack has left three people injured, and a Baquba sticky bombing injured one person. All Iraq News notes a Mosul bombing has left two people injured, another Baquba bombing left five people injured, and the corpse of a 2-year-old child was discovered in Diwaniya -- dead from gunshots to the head. Alsumaria adds that a Mosul suicide bomber targeted military headquarters and claimed the lives of 4 Iraqi soldiers and twelve more were left injured. Press TV, BBC News and AFP report a Baghdad bombing (southwest Baghdad, Nahrawan) which has claimed 7 lives and left fourteen people injured. Qassim Abdul-Zahra (AP) also reports the Baghdad bombing and notes that, in addition, 3 corpses (gunshot wounds) have been discovered in Baghdad. Over 12 hours ago, that was the reported violence: 19 reported deaths and 45 injured.
But the violence didn't end there. NINA notes 1 police officer was shot dead in Falluja by assailants on motorcycles, a Mosul car bombing killed 1 man on what should have been a special day -- his wedding -- his bride-to-be was injured as were twelve of their wedding guests, Sahwa Captain Ali Mohammed Lahbib was shot dead to the east of Falluja today, a Mosul suicide bomber claimed the lives of 2 Iraqi military members and left three more injured, a machine gun attack on a Falluja police checkpoint left one police officer injured, and a Falluja bombing claimed the life of 1 police officer and left a bystander injured. All Iraq News adds a Tikrit bombing claimed the lives of 2 Sahwa and left three more injured. That's 8 more deaths and 21 more injured -- day total of 27 dead and 66 injured.
Today the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq issued the following:
Baghdad, 3 July 2013 – The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq (SRSG), Mr. Martin Kobler, condemned in the strongest possible terms the wave of attacks that claimed dozens of lives across Iraq yesterday. كوردى
“These devastating terrorist attacks once again targeted innocent citizens going about their daily activities, struggling to build a more hopeful future for themselves and their children in a highly volatile environment,” the UN Envoy said. “They follow two weeks during which we’ve seen an increasing number of attacks targeting cafés, football fields and other locations where people socialize and nurture the personal relationships and social fabric that are so important for a strong, prosperous country.”
“I once again urge the Iraqi authorities to do their utmost and take all necessary measures to protect the people of Iraq from more bloodshed,” he added. “This carnage must stop.”
Mr. Kobler extended his sincere condolences to the families of the victims and wishes for a speedy recovery to those who were wounded.
Martin Kobler's really good about these generic statements. But who could be considered responsible for the violence? Let's quote it one more time:
FEISAL
ISTRABADI: I don't see any indications that Nouri al-Maliki has the
first idea of what to do about the rising violence. The violence cannot
be dealt with -- and we have been saying this for five years -- the
violence cannot be dealt with merely militarily. There has to be
reconciliation amongst the various factions. Nothing in Nouri
al-Maliki's history indicates that he is prepared to undertake such
reconciliation.
He was right. Nouri wasn't going to help that, he was only going to increase the tensions that encourage the violence.
We'll come back to the violence. But we've noted someone who was right
nearly three years ago. Someone who has been proven right. Let's note
someone else now, someone whose first name should be Falsehood.
"Secondly, I'm one of the few people of Arab descent -- few people of Arab-Americans and activists -- who has always supported Kurdish self-determination." Beware anyone making such a claim. Anyone so self-involved and so stupid that he thinks he can get away with that claim. The idiot in question? James Zogby. Kurds beware as he makes that statement right before attempting to tell the Kurds that they need to back off certain goals and certain deals having to do with oil and "a Kurdish independent move." He's a whore, he's a cheap whore.
The Zogby family's idiot polling has been a joke among pollsters for years. That's because it's always been a hybrid and a questionable sample. It's also because the polls tended to lean towards Democratic Party goals -- not left goals, Democratic Party goals -- not rank and file Democrat goals, leadership goals. Why would the polling match up so closely with what leaders wanted -- especially when Gallup and others didn't match up? Who knows? But one thing that might have helped answer the question was the reality that James Zogby was on the Democratic Party's Executive Committee -- a fact rarely reported and one he doesn't tend to disclose in on air appearances.
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