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Category: Code Pink

  • Bellyaching Jack Murtha hides behind Constitution

    If this doesn’t get your blood boiling nothing will; fatassed cow John Murtha claims that he can’t be sued by the Marines who he slandered by calling them murderers because to do otherwise would violate his freedom of speech as a legislator. In other words, the same crowd who claims they can arrest and impeach the President of the United States for supposed lies are saying that to hold them accountable for their lies violates their privileges. From The Hill, by way of Defend Our Marines, by way of Michelle Malkin;

    A government lawyer representing Murtha argued that the congressman does not have to agree to testify under oath and is immune from the lawsuit because he was acting in an official capacity as a member of Congress when he made the comments to the media.

    Last year a federal judge ordered Murtha, a decorated former Marine and Vietnam veteran and close ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), to testify in the case. His lawyers are appealing that decision.

    Apparently this isn’t the first ridiculous defense the slimy, scum-sucking lawyers defending slimy scum-sucking Murtha have tried;

    Murtha cited a Time magazine report when asked how he knew the killings were conducted in cold blood and why he thought there was a cover-up. Murtha’s lawyers later claimed that Defense Department officials briefed him and “deliberately provided him with inaccurate and false information,” according to a court filing.

    Yeah, it wasn’t his fault that Murtha lied – the evil Pentagon fed him false information. Maybe if Murtha  wasn’t in the habit of shooting off his heavily-jowled face, he wouldn’t have been a target of this imagined misinformation campaign.

    What Murtha said on May 17, 2006;

    Now, two days after I made my statement, on November 19th, we had an incident in Haditha in Anbar province, where a Marine was killed with an IED. Time magazine reported it, and it’s kind of a puzzling report, because they’re investigating it right now. Let me tell you what the consequences of this have been.

    It’s much worse than reported in Time magazine. There was no fire fight. There was no IED that killed these innocent people. Our troops overreacted because of the pressure on them and they killed innocent civilians in cold blood. And that’s what the report is going to tell.

    So Murtha thinks his right to shoot off his stupid mouth supercedes the rights of those Marines to be considered innocent until proven otherwise in a court of law. It seems to me that the Constitution and the Bill of Rights was written to protect the Marines from the Murtha’s pompous and arrogant wielding of power.

  • Code Pink – our new State Department

    Last night I wrote that Code Pink had single-handedly brought us peace in our time (an intentional reference on my part to Chamberlain’s pronouncement) by handing out apple pies, flowers and cards to the embassies of Venezuela, Cuba, Syria, Iran and Bolivia. In the event you thought I was kidding, I found these pictures this morning;

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  • Code Pink’s deep delusion

    My latest email from the hags at Code Pink celebrates the end of “the war” – whatever war it is they’re talking about. Somehow, they figure that because Barack Obama has been elected, the troops will be on their way home on January 20th and the thugs who want us all dead will somehow have a change of heart because the Pinkistas delivered apple pie, flowers and cards to their embassies (I kid you not – apple pies, flowers and cards) Here’s the email;

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  • I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords

    Whew, rough night’s sleep, wasn’t it? Wondering what happened to our grand scheme to rig all of the voting machines and intimidate voters. Where were Diebold and Haliburton, for pete’s sake? They worked so well for us in the last two elections, did they forget to set their clocks back an hour Sunday?  knew that Daylight Savings Time was a Liberal trick.

    But, the election is what it is. We’ll have to wait a couple more years to perfect our election-stealing techniques which obviously failed us this time. Me? I’m going to hold Barack Obama’s administration to their word. I did the same thing when Bill Clinton became president – I took him at his word until he broke his word. That “affirmative action” shit ended last night. The media threw up smoke screens for everything that would’ve brought down another candidate and we got the candidate they wanted.

    The republicans diddled around acting like Democrats in Congress and diddled around selecting a candidate that they thought the other side would vote for – again like Democrats – and we’ve reaped the fruits of their follies.

    Obama wants to be everyone’s President, well, I’m on board. until he makes the mistake of not wanting to be my President – I suspect I won’t have to wait long, but I’m giving him a chance. My only worry is that this may cost lives – the lives of our troops as well as the lives of some hapless civilians because of the message that the election of Obama sends our enemies. Enemies that won’t go away just because we elected Barack Obama, by the way.

    It’s going to be a constant battle over the next four years, two years minimum, against the Peace Movement, too. How do I know? Well, this email was waiting for me this morning from Code Pink;

    The Peace Movement thinks yesterday’s election was a mandate for peace. Those of us who’ve given a measure of devotion to this country know it’s not possible. With thugs like Chavez, Ahmadinejad, Il, al Qaeda in the world, there’s no way to withdraw inside our borders and cringe. Now that we’re past the empty, feel good rhetoric of campaigning, Obama and his cabinet will have to admit what the rest of us already know. The Global War Against Terror has been necessary and correctly executed, strategically speaking.

    There’s still a need for us to support our troops and and support thier mission – we can surrender our government, but we’re still committed to the future of this country. That’s been our message all along.

  • lolz! Code Pink pwns Congress!!!!

    I just receieved an email from my good friends Dana, Deidra, Desiree, Farida, Gael, Gayle, Jean, Jodie, Liz, Lori, Medea, Nancy, and Rae.

    Dear TSO,

    WE DID IT!!! Let us repeat: WE DID IT!

    We joined together, in a wonderful, resolute outpouring of democracy. We stood toe-to-toe with Wall Street and their lackeys in Congress, and defeated them. Amazing what can happen when the people stand up!

    In Washington DC, as CODEPINK staged a “die-in” on the steps of the Capitol to say “Bailout? Over my dead body,” Cong. Carolyn Kilpatrick gave us a big hug and said, “It’s thanks to you that the bill is better than it was, and it’s thanks to you that the next bill will be better than this one. Keep it up.”

    I know what some of you are saying: What in the Holy Name of Spongebob’s ghost does this have to do with “a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end the war in Iraq, stop new wars, and redirect our resources into healthcare, education and other life-affirming activities”?

    [What follows may not make sense to you.  If so, move along, this isn’t the post you are looking for.]

    Ladies and Gentlemen of this supposed blog, Code Pink’s accusers would certainly want you to believe my that they only deal with issues regarding the War and peace activism, and they make a good case. Hell, I almost felt pity myself. But Ladies and Gentlemen of this supposed blog, I have one final thing I want you to consider.

    Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk, but Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now think about it. That does not make sense. Why would a Wookiee, an eight-foot-tall Wookiee, want to live on Endor with a bunch of two-foot-tall Ewoks. That does not make sense.

    But more important, you have to ask yourself what does this have to do with this case. Nothing. Ladies and Gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case. It does not make sense. Look at me. I’m a lawyer defending a major peace movement and I’m talkin’ about Chewbacca. Does that make sense? Ladies and Gentlemen I am not making any sense. None of this makes sense.

    And so you have to remember when you’re reading this blog and deliberating and conjugating the Emancipation Proclamation, does it make sense? No. Ladies and Gentlemen of this supposed blog it does not make sense. If Chewbacca lives on Endor you must accept that Code Pink has a vested interest and reason for doing Die Ins on the Capitol steps.

    Look at this Wookie.

    The defense rests.

  • No media conspiracy here

    Yeah, there’s no media bias in favor of the Obama ticket. Well, unless you include some of this stuff;

    An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings sets the mood by quoting Tony Blankley;

    This is no longer journalism — it is simply propaganda. (The American left-wing version of the Volkischer Beobachter cannot be far behind.) And as a result, we are less than seven weeks away from possibly electing a president who has not been thoroughly and even half way honestly presented to the country by our watchdogs — the press.

    From Little Green Footballs apparently the media doesn’t mind  being free of recording the Biden gaffes;

    Earlier this week the networks threw a major tantrum when the McCain campaign tried to limit their access to Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s meetings with foreign officials.

    Today, Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden met with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili and completely excluded the press.

    And not a peep from the mainstream media.

    From Ace of Spades, I guess we’re still going to be subjected to the most ridiculous rumor thus far this century in perpetuity;

    The Washington Post yesterday asked the McCain campaign on the record whether Trig Palin is Sarah Palin’s biological son. Howard Kurtz, one of the most prominent media journalists in the world, asked that question.

    Steve Gilbert at Sweetness and Light catches Biden in a baldfaced lie that he never said that Iraq should partitioned;

    Mind you, Mr. Biden’s latest claims can’t be explained away as a gaffe.

    To claim he was never for partition is just a flat out lie.

    So where is the media to bring this the attention of the voters? Why haven’t they bothered to mention that Joe Biden, the self-proclaimed foreign policy expert of the Democrat Party has been wrong on every foreign policy pronouncement?

    A two-fer from Blue Crab Boulevard;

    I realize that the abject “main stream” media will suppress this, just as they suppressed the contents of Iranian president Mahmud Ahmadinejad’s vile speech at the UN. But had a major Republican fundraiser done this, the media would be positively spasming right now.

    An Obama fundraiser – a major one – has proudly met the Iranian president and overtly offered to subvert American law to suck up to the vicious, little anti-Semite.

    And that lie about Sarah Palin charging rape victims for their own rape kits? Gateway Pundit and Confederate Yankee put that to rest finally.

    ** There is not one single record of the Wasilla police department charging any rape victim for an examination.
    Not one.

    The Finance Department searched all financial records on our system for fiscal year 2000, 2001 and 2002. There are no records of billings to or collections from rape victims or their insurance companies in our system. The financial computer system goes back to the beginning of fiscal year 2000, and accounts receivable backup documentation goes back six (6) years per our records retention schedule.

    But that doesn’t prevent the New York Times from publishing an opinion column that asks questions that have already been answered;

    Ms. Palin owes voters an explanation. What was the thinking behind cutting the measly few thousand dollars needed to cover the yearly cost of swabs, specimen containers and medical tests? Whose dumb idea was it to make assault victims and their insurance companies pay instead? Unfortunately, her campaign is shielding the candidate from the press, so Americans may still be waiting for answers on Election Day.

    They’re showing the world why the media was so supportive of campaign finance restrictions…so they could have the only show in town and elect their candidates.

  • Code Pink declares victory and folds tent

    I just picked up from Weasel Zippers a story that Code Pink has succeeded in running the Marines out of Berkeley. WZ cites sources here and here.

    After a year of protesting the military recruitment office in Berkeley, CodePINK has won its battle: operations at the Marine Recruiting Station have ceased.Celebrate this accomplishment at CodePINK’s one-year “End Recruiting” commemoration, where you can hear testimonies from the peace activists who drove the recruiters out.

    CodePINK and our allies have prevailed!

    Major protest operations at the MRS have been ended, one year since covert military recruiting operations were first uncovered in Berkeley!

    Our coalition is now engaged in dis(as)sembling and deconstructing the U.S. military, making the world safe and secure!

    Our city and our coalition are proud of these accomplishments!

    Of course the media dutifully reported this unsubstantiated press release from the clowns at Code Pink. Well, it sounded a little funny to me, so I called the recruiting station in Berkeley and talked to the young captain commanding the unit and he told me that Code Pink had held a victory celebration today outside the building (Protest Shooter was there and has the story and the pictures) but that the Marines aren’t going any where. He said they still have a 3-year lease on the office and they’ll continue recruiting there until the lease expires.

    So Code Pink unilaterally declared a victory and left. Sorta like what they want us to do in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • I don’t know whether to feel relieved or let down

    Today I received my semi-weekly Code Pink email. Honestly, they bring much mirth into my otherwise staid existence. And believe you me, I need some mirth today. (I am putting the evils of drink and fast women behind me, as of today, you read it here first.) Anyway, today’s missive came with the title:

    A Million Knockers for Peace

    Now, any thought that this would be 500,000 attractive women doing that “Breasts not Bombs” thing is immediately dispensed with when you stop to remember this is Code Pink. [Insert your own shudder here.]

    Anyway:

    Dear TSO you sexy bastard you,

    September 11 reminds us not only of the tragic events of 2001 but also how Bush’s post-attack strategy has squandered so many lives and resources. While the Bush administration closed the door on those who advocated an alternative response, we now have an opportunity to open doors, the doors in our neighborhoods, as part of an unprecedented effort to knock on A Million Doors for Peace.

    On Saturday, September 20, we invite you to join CODEPINK and our allies from 18 peace and justice organizations across the country as we engage our neighbors and ask them to sign a petition urging the next Congress to bring our troops home within a year. We hope to reach one million citizens who long for peace but are unsure how to work toward it.

    Wow is that a “liberace and N’sync together in a hot tub listening to Boy George” level gay idea. Seriously. I hope you come to my house. You know, when I am watching college football to cleanse the knowledge that I have insufficiently longed for peace and am unsure how to work for it.

    Thank you for opening your own doors for peace!
    Alicia, Anne, Dana, Deidra, Desiree, Farida, Gael, Gayle, Jean, Jodie, Liz, Lori, Medea, Nancy, Rae and Tighe

    Don’t you dare show up at my house without Midge, the Code Pink transgendered Peace Activist. Atleast s/he is a Navy Veteran.

    For the record, on the list of scary things to TSO, “seeing half a million naked Code Pink activists” comes right after “Seeing Tom Brady blow out his ACL in the first 7 minutes of the season” and right before “Being forced to see Sex in the City in order to get lucky.”