Comments on: Molly Ivins: Liar, Lunatic or Lord of the Underworld? http://xrlq.com/2005/07/02/molly-ivins-liar-lunatic-or-lord-of-the-underworld/ Politische Kommentare mit Snarkenremarken Mon, 14 May 2012 18:16:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: damnum absque injuria » Molly Ivins: Saddam Even Worse than Shrub http://xrlq.com/2005/07/02/molly-ivins-liar-lunatic-or-lord-of-the-underworld/comment-page-1/#comment-20474 damnum absque injuria » Molly Ivins: Saddam Even Worse than Shrub Wed, 13 Jul 2005 17:15:20 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=2460#comment-20474 [...] Apology accepted. Now, if you could just add a word or two about that time travel thing… [...] [...] Apology accepted. Now, if you could just add a word or two about that time travel thing… [...]

]]> By: Xrlq http://xrlq.com/2005/07/02/molly-ivins-liar-lunatic-or-lord-of-the-underworld/comment-page-1/#comment-19929 Xrlq Sun, 10 Jul 2005 18:05:26 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=2460#comment-19929 James, if you had bothered to read the 9-11 report, you'd know that while an operational relationship between Hussein and bin Laden probably never materialized (and almost certainly didn't with respect to 9-11 attacks themselves), it wasn't for a lack of trying on Hussein's part. Quite the opposite: a few years before the attacks, when bin Laden's relations with the Taliban were a bit strained, Hussein offered bin Laden an opportunity to relocate to Iraq. It was bin Laden, not Hussein, who ultimately turned down the offer. As to your more general claim that Saddam Hussein never harbored or protected religious terrorists, WTF do you call Abu Nidal and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi?! And what about the post-9/11 attacks Hussein's own government plotted against us, which Putin's Russia (hardly a big fan of Operation Iraqi Freedom) also corroborated and shared with us? To call that common-sense observation a "lie" requires an Ivins-esque definition of of the word. Apparently, to you moonbats, a "lie" is a statement that either (1) isn't true, or (2) you would really, really, really like not to be true. The rest of us go by definition 1. Last and least, the only thing worse than your ideas is your spelling and grammar of your ideas, which suggests that World History isn't the only class you slept through. In a relatively short comment, consisting of only nine sentences (or nine thingies starting with capital letters and ending with periods, which I presume were <em>intended</em> to be sentences), I identified <del datetime="2005-07-14T14:18:10+00:00">14</del> 13 clear spelling and/or grammar errors, plus 2 other borderline examples. <del datetime="2005-07-14T14:18:10+00:00">My favorite was your reference to a "bold-face" lie, which I presume was intended to be a reference to a <em>bald-faced</em> lie, unless you are objecting to the fact that someone in the Bush Administration (note capitalization) typed a memorandum in bold face. Just to be a mensch, here's a "bold-face lie" of my own:</del> <blockquote><del><b>Gee, James, that was a really brilliant and insightful comment you just left.</b></del></blockquote> <del>Got the difference? Actually, I can't blame you if it didn't, as that bold-face lie was also a bald-faced lie.</del> [False arrest - both phrases are <a href="/2005/07/14/bare-faced-oops/">equally correct.</a>] I do hope you'll comment again, however, and that's the bald-faced truth. Nothing makes my point about confused, slobbering semi-literate moonbats better than having a real live moonbat show up every now and then to show off how confused, slobbering and semi-literate moonbats really are. James, if you had bothered to read the 9-11 report, you’d know that while an operational relationship between Hussein and bin Laden probably never materialized (and almost certainly didn’t with respect to 9-11 attacks themselves), it wasn’t for a lack of trying on Hussein’s part. Quite the opposite: a few years before the attacks, when bin Laden’s relations with the Taliban were a bit strained, Hussein offered bin Laden an opportunity to relocate to Iraq. It was bin Laden, not Hussein, who ultimately turned down the offer.

As to your more general claim that Saddam Hussein never harbored or protected religious terrorists, WTF do you call Abu Nidal and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi?! And what about the post-9/11 attacks Hussein’s own government plotted against us, which Putin’s Russia (hardly a big fan of Operation Iraqi Freedom) also corroborated and shared with us? To call that common-sense observation a “lie” requires an Ivins-esque definition of of the word. Apparently, to you moonbats, a “lie” is a statement that either (1) isn’t true, or (2) you would really, really, really like not to be true. The rest of us go by definition 1.

Last and least, the only thing worse than your ideas is your spelling and grammar of your ideas, which suggests that World History isn’t the only class you slept through. In a relatively short comment, consisting of only nine sentences (or nine thingies starting with capital letters and ending with periods, which I presume were intended to be sentences), I identified 14 13 clear spelling and/or grammar errors, plus 2 other borderline examples. My favorite was your reference to a “bold-face” lie, which I presume was intended to be a reference to a bald-faced lie, unless you are objecting to the fact that someone in the Bush Administration (note capitalization) typed a memorandum in bold face. Just to be a mensch, here’s a “bold-face lie” of my own:

Gee, James, that was a really brilliant and insightful comment you just left.

Got the difference? Actually, I can’t blame you if it didn’t, as that bold-face lie was also a bald-faced lie. [False arrest - both phrases are equally correct.] I do hope you’ll comment again, however, and that’s the bald-faced truth. Nothing makes my point about confused, slobbering semi-literate moonbats better than having a real live moonbat show up every now and then to show off how confused, slobbering and semi-literate moonbats really are.

]]> By: james http://xrlq.com/2005/07/02/molly-ivins-liar-lunatic-or-lord-of-the-underworld/comment-page-1/#comment-19928 james Sun, 10 Jul 2005 17:19:26 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=2460#comment-19928 Are you kiding me? First off, She still lives in Texas. So you kind of messed up on that whole banishment thing. Second, while the bush administration did not say Hussein was flying one of the planes, they did say that he has ties to Bin Laden. They said that he harbors and protects religous terrorist. Thats an out and out lie. Hussein ran a secularist dictatorship and would not allow religion of any kind to have power in his country. So yes, one of the reason bush gave to going to war was he "Harbors and aides terrorism." a Bold face LIE. Are you kiding me? First off, She still lives in Texas. So you kind of messed up on that whole banishment thing. Second, while the bush administration did not say Hussein was flying one of the planes, they did say that he has ties to Bin Laden. They said that he harbors and protects religous terrorist. Thats an out and out lie. Hussein ran a secularist dictatorship and would not allow religion of any kind to have power in his country. So yes, one of the reason bush gave to going to war was he “Harbors and aides terrorism.” a Bold face LIE.

]]> By: Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys.. http://xrlq.com/2005/07/02/molly-ivins-liar-lunatic-or-lord-of-the-underworld/comment-page-1/#comment-19194 Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys.. Tue, 05 Jul 2005 12:34:57 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=2460#comment-19194 <strong>Morning Reads</strong> Hadda take SWWBO to the airport this morning, so content is lite. Credit where credit is due... I still don't read him anymore, however. Heh. Scotland the Brave, and disarmed. No wonder there are so many surplus Regimental Claymores for... Morning Reads

Hadda take SWWBO to the airport this morning, so content is lite. Credit where credit is due… I still don’t read him anymore, however. Heh. Scotland the Brave, and disarmed. No wonder there are so many surplus Regimental Claymores for…

]]> By: Dean's World http://xrlq.com/2005/07/02/molly-ivins-liar-lunatic-or-lord-of-the-underworld/comment-page-1/#comment-19095 Dean's World Sun, 03 Jul 2005 08:33:36 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=2460#comment-19095 <strong>More On Molly</strong> XRLQ notes Molly has trouble with more than just counting. More On Molly

XRLQ notes Molly has trouble with more than just counting.

]]> By: antimedia http://xrlq.com/2005/07/02/molly-ivins-liar-lunatic-or-lord-of-the-underworld/comment-page-1/#comment-19089 antimedia Sat, 02 Jul 2005 21:12:43 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=2460#comment-19089 Molly doesn't make honest mistakes. Everything she writes is calcuated. That's why we banished her from Texas. :-) Molly doesn’t make honest mistakes. Everything she writes is calcuated. That’s why we banished her from Texas. :-)

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