Author: TSO

Here, this should wipe away your mind tears and brain caverns.

Thanks to Angrywhitedude.

Yup, I got an email from Code Pink today. More pictures.

OK, consider this a test, I will put up like 5 pictures, and 1 video. Remember that episode where Captain Picard was captured by the Cardassians and tortured and he kept asking how many lights there were? This will be like that, but more horrific, and less foxy alien chicks. Just see how far down you can go before you tap out.  But I warn you now, the last few pictures may very well induce vomitus.
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Below the fold, I give you the update to the code pink protest. Looking at Medea, I lost lunch…..and possibly the ability to ever have relations again. First time I’ve seen legs like that on anything that didn’t have a trunk.
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Nah, let me be more clear, he’s the biggest pile of shit out there.  He’s impervious to facts or logic, and when left to his own devices, just makes shit up.  If there was anyone I would like to debate more than Soltz, it would be Dahr.  He really is completely out of his mind.  Listen here as he rehashes the same discredited nonsense that we’ve been debunking here for years.

Not over the arrest thing, he was quite clearly in the right to arrest Gates for acting like an asshole. (For more on that part of this story, read investigative reporter Iowahawk.)

This morning on my local TV station (I get virtually nothing on my cable here in Indy) there was a discussion about the Brew Summit tonight between Obama, Gates and Crowley. Seems all 3 are Irish. Here is Gates and Crowley, and Obama I know from the Irish band I met on the Metro after the innauguration.

Anyway, this news program this morning was discussing what beer will be drank. Apparently Obama drinks Bud. And the other two drink some shit I never heard of, one of them with a orange peel in it. If I wanted my beer with a fruit, I’d drink in a gay bar. 

(For the record, I really also don’t have anything against Gay bars, provided that they have an in-drag Abba cover band playing, nor against beers with fruit.  Well, actually the fruit beer thing is kinda gay.)

Anyway, further research today indicated this article wherein I learned that Crowley took the call from Obama in an Irish pub:

“The president was on TV, talking about the man I was standing next to,” Shearer told the herald. “Even I felt powerful. And I’m just a lowly waiter.”

Afterward, the mood of everyone in the pub lifted, he said, there was a huge cheer and a couple of cops bought a round of Bud Light.

With all due respect to the cops, and Crowley, Pog Mo Thoin.

Remember when Gozar the Gozarian asked Ray Spengler if he was a God? And Peter got pissed off: “When someone asks if you are a God, you say YES!”

Well, if you are an Irishman, asked to drink a beer with the President in the White House, then YOU PICK GUINNESS. Man this pisses me off. I wish St Padraig would come back and scare a snake up all their asses for being traitors to the Irish culture.

(Not that it should be neccessary, but in case there are any hyper-sensitive thespians out there, I still support Crowley and the Cops, and praise Obama for this move.  Just pissed that my beverage of choice is not given a coaster at the table.)

Well my friend, we knew this day would come eventually, but I still shed tears at your untimely demise. For yea though I wrapped you in bubble wrap, it didn’t prove enough protection from those bastards at the USPS. We had some good times. Remember that time I made extra crispy bacon on you, and forgot to wash you out afterwards? Yeah, those were some good times. All the pork products that went through you….it was like we were made to be together. I never wanted to lose you, but maybe you will find comfort in the knowledge that your friends, Mr. Computer CPU and 17 inch Monitor arrived ok.

Don’t worry, Saint Billy Mays will have a special spot in heaven for you with regular cleanings, thin cuts of meat and a surge protector.

To show my love, I commissioned a poem to be written by the great poet Claymore of Marietta.

I packed you to move
Now you function no longer
Rest in peace friend George

Still haven’t received my stuff from DC via pony express, to include my computer.  I hope to be back tomorrow folks.  In the meantime, enjoy this drumming by the Neil Peart of the Animal World.

I know you’ve enjoyed the three deadbeats we have chronicled so far, Matthis, Bonehead and Kipling’s retarded nephew. (I forget his name, and am on a deadline.) Anyway, IVAW Members are getting to vote for 6 of 8, and those 3 all suck. And I know you have all been waiting anxiously for me to bash the next candidate.

Well, not gonna do it. I wanted to. But, I actually like this guy. (Except his first name, which is my middle name, and one I have always hated.) But first, a little background.

Obviously I would consider Ms. Coppa a friend. And I respect her. Yeah, the whole fluffy bunny and unicorn thing gives me a serious case of the monkey ass too, but she really is a nice girl, and a lovely person. One other IVAW member that I surprisingly like quite a bit is Logan Laituri. Logan served in Iraq, and then came to find his religious views did not conform with what he was doing. But, this is what impressed me about Logan:

Laituri hoped to return to Iraq when his unit was called back to action. He wanted to serve as an unarmed noncombatant, as conscientious objectors have in previous wars. However, his request was denied; his commanding officers thought he was being dishonest and was trying to avoid service. Laituri said watching his unit deploy with out him was one of the most difficult moments in his life.

Anyway, that strikes me as the way to go about it. Logan showed up at The Sniper one time too, so major Kudos to him for that. I also like Jenn Hogg (my new email pal), Perry O’Brien (from my home state of Maine), even former ED Kelly Daugherty. And obviously we’ve attracted our fair share of refugees here now. But look, I disagree on the war, disagree on reparations, but I absolutely agree on their third plank: Full benefits, adequate healthcare (including mental health), and other supports for returning servicemen and women.

So, I disagree with all IVAW on some issues, but the reason I *HATE* some of them is that the one point we should agree on I don’t see some of them involved in. Matthis for instance, do you think he’s helped a single one of our brothers and sisters? Hell no. Kokesh? He advises them to store piss in the fridge, and spouts crazy conspiracies when he mixes meds and alcohol. Bonomo or whatever his name is? He got schooling on our dime, and now spends his days shitting on all our friends in uniform.

Now, make no mistake, I doubt Cameron White and I would be bosom pals, going golfing together on a Sunday morning. He’s a bit….odd. Not bad mind you, I am a lot odd, but his life has taken him in a radically altered direction than mine.

He served for 4 years in the USMC, leaving as a CPL after 2 OIF deployments. Right now he is “starting a 501(c)3 dedicated to alternative forms of assisting vets in dealing with combat trauma.” And he belongs to:

Veterans for Peace, Save Darfur Coalition, IAVA, Zen Peacemakers, Iraq Veterans for Progress…Member Coordinator – IVAW-LA – Participated in several rally’s and gatherings, Camp Casey Alumni, Operation W.A.N.T and more.

So again, we might not have much in common. Here is his platform statement on his campaign:

Having been a member of IVAW since late 2005, I have seen this organization go through many changes. There have been both successes and failures. Recently, many members have felt that the organization has lost its usefulness, or purpose. I don’t see it that way. I believe that we can capitalize on our success, regroup, restrategize [sic] and emerge from this next conference with a renewed vigor to strive towards our 3 points of unity. We need sustainability and we have many fresh faces with new ideas on how to get the message out and continue the work of bringing an end to the Wars and Occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan. I want to see that that happens in the most efficient and useful way possible. That is why I am running for the board.

Kind of heavy on boilerplate and light on specific points for my liking, but hard to argue with too much in there. But unlike every other candidate we have profiled so far, whether you like the means by which he goes about this or not, his dedication to his brothers and sisters in need is above reproach:

My recent board or committee experience comes from my time as a Department Service Officer for the Disabled American Veterans, where I was on the VA committee to address the issues and concerns with OIF/OEF veterans. I have also gained experience along the communication lines involved when I began the endeavor to start my own 501(c)3 and traveled to South America and began work on a project to build a Buddhist Monastery and healing center.

… I have a good amount of contacts who work for non-profits that are geared towards assisting veterans. These include the Disabled American Veterans, National Veterans Foundation, Step Up 4 Vets and the IAVA. Also, I believe that being in Los Angeles, we have an untapped resource in the wealth and celebrity that exists here.

Now, like I said, we might not go golfing together, but I would absolutely love to grab a beer with this guy some time.  Sounds like he leads an interesting life, and who among us doesn’t like to enjoy a frothy Guinness with a fellow veteran?  Here is his IVAW profile:

In 2007 he walked across the U.S.-Mexican Border in New Mexico on a Peace pilgrimage with his Zen Buddhist teacher Claude AnShin Thomas. (AnShin is a Vietnam Veteran, Zen Buddhist Monk, and author of: “At Hell’s Gates, A Soldiers Journey from War to Peace.”)

He’s not really a hippy, but he’s got that kinda feel to him from his writing. Sort of like the Kung Fu: The Legend Continues guy (minus the rope around his neck and junk).

Currently he is in South America coordinating efforts to build a spiritual center for healing and transformation. He is also working on a project in the United States to teach veterans alternative ways to deal with PTSD, such as meditation, yoga and art.

When I got back from A-stan I went on vacation with a fellow squad leader to Belize. We went to Tikal and Guatemala, and climbed on the rocks in a blinding rain storm with the jungle all around. It was incredibly spiritual in a non-religious sort of way.   And, in a weird way, I felt like that day sort of cleansed me.  I know that sounds weird, but I really would love to go back and spend a week just walking around that jungle.

And I am totally down with other cultures and religions, particularly the various philosophical under-pinnings. Now, I might not go to an Ashram or anything, but I do like the thought that if someone needs help, and a higher being provides that comfort, or even a belief in a different source of inspiration, I welcome that aid to any of our wounded comrades.

I tried to see if I could get some more info on some of the projects Cameron is running. I honestly am interested. Again, might not be the way I would deal with things, but this isn’t really about me. So, Cameron, if you do read this, pitch in some of your stuff in the comments.

But, if you are a IVAW member out there, I don’t know that you could do any better than with Cameron on the board. He obviously has a depth of character and empathy about veterans which is sorely lacking in the other asshats we’ve discussed already.