“Like most people, when I reflect on the adventures and joys of youth, I feel a longing for what is lost and cannot be restored. But though the happy pursuits of the young prove ephemeral, something better can endure, and endure until our last moment of life. And that is the honor we earn and the love we give when we work and sacrifice with others for a cause greater than our self-interest. For me that cause has long been our country. I am a lucky, lucky man to have found it, and am forever grateful to those who showed me the way. What they gave me was much more valuable and lasting than the tribute I once paid to vanity.”
“I am the son and grandson of admirals,’’ he said. “My grandfather was an aviator; my father a submariner. They were my first heroes, and their respect for me has been one of the most lasting ambitions of my life. They gave their lives to their country, and taught me lessons about honor, courage, duty, perseverance and leadership that I didn’t fully grasp until later in life, but remembered when I needed them most. I have been an imperfect servant of my country for many years. But I am their son, and they showed me how to love my country, and that has made all the difference for me, my friends, all the difference in the world.’’
Kind of reads like it was cross-penned by Sergeant Barry Sadler and Terry Jacks.
He goes on to admit that he was "surprised" by developments in Iraq. Kind of like Dick Cheney was "surprised" when we weren’t greeted as liberators.
And then he took a nap.
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Jane!
I could use a nap too.
John McCain is rapidly losing his shelf life.
John McCain:
Worse than Bush
Another little prince. None more royal than an admiral’s son.
That would be his biggest understatement to date…!
As I pointed out earlier, he also said that Sadr calling a truce was evidence that the Maliki side was winning because the people winning don’t ask for a truce. Just like how we were winning in Vietnam and LBJ stopped the bombing, a truce. And we were always winning until the chicken shit liberals gave up, right?
That would be “Sergeant” Barry Sadler…
McVain (from above):
Yeah, can you count to Keating Five there John?
Why this holier-than-thou asshat is getting such a bye on this stuff is amazing. The sycophantic press corpse is out-doing even their 1999-2000 love affair with Les Enfant Bush to show their allegiance to McVain.
Written by Barry Sadler and Terry Jacks, probably… but the result of electing him might be more along the lines of Barry McGuire’s “Eve of Destruction“.
Tales From The McCrypt.
We got’s some weird stuff going on with threads up in here.
“Barry McGuire’s “Eve of Destruction“.”
I have always liked that one…
He was in the New Christie Minstrel too. Green Green, it’s Green they say.
We all having fun yet?
Wasn’t that Mike Curb too? No, that was the Mike Curb Congregation.
I’m having a flashback.
long with Bob Dylan’s emergence came countless other folk-based “protest singers” in the early to mid-’60s, including Barry McGuire. Born in Oklahoma City during 1937, McGuire had relocated to New York City and joined up with folk revivalists the New Christy Minstrels by the early ’60s. He was anointed the band’s lead singer and appeared on several albums and their first hit single, “Green, Green” (which was co-penned by McGuire). Soon after, however, McGuire caught the attention of both record producer Lou Adler and singer/songwriter P.F. Sloan, resulting in the guitarist/singer leaving the New Christy Minstrels and launching a solo career, signing on with Adler’s Dunhill Records. McGuire’s solo debut, The Barry McGuire Album, was released in 1963, but it wasn’t until two years later that McGuire scored a massive hit with the Sloan-penned track “Eve of Destruction,” which topped the U.S. charts (peaking at number three in the U.K.) and was taken from his sophomore full-length, Barry McGuire Featuring Eve of Destruction.
He also failed to point out that it was the Iranians that got al Sadr to stand down his troops. Shows how much influence our side has, doesn’t it?
I worry a bit about that angle, all these nuts need are more excuses.
Some serious trickery with the threads RBG! I was reading some threads from ‘04 just a bit ago…! ;-)
1,797 DAYZ AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND…
Citizen Hamsher and the Firepup Freedom Fighters:
If ya liked George W. Cluststerfuck you’ll positively LOVE John McCrazy! But seriously, even the great Wurlitzer AND the Nazi propaganda machine couldn’t make McCrazy electable by the time folks get the next eight months of this guy.
KEEP THE FAITH AND REMEMBER YA CAN’T COMPROMISE WITH FASCISTS!!
Geez
tell us when the new posts go up. the last one had 90 comments before I realized it was up. wearing me out today. :)
Some good reading there, eh?
The government of Iran only had to wait to have Preznit Dunderhead in office to get their hands on Iraq. Hell, they fought a whole war and all they needed to do was fund his campaign for president.
When we’re all dead and gone history will remember Dubya as the best friend Iran ever had. And here we all thought irony had left the building with Elvis. Jeebus.
Nappypoo
Norske you are such a pollyanna!
good work. very funny. thanks.
But, of course! They were Jane’s…! *g*
I’m with you there, especially with Fallon stepping down. But I just can’t get over the irony that McCain accuses the Iranians of training al Queda and then the Iranians get a situation to calm down in a way we couldn’t.
El linko es muerta
There’s a whole buncha shit they can do that we can’t!
The Darcy Burner thread (with no content but some comments) was up, then down, now I think it’s back up, with content…
I can’t even keep track of which thread I’m commenting in…
yeehaw!
just keep pasting that same two line
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I lost my zed, too…! 8-(
Sounds like he’s giving his own eulogy.
You’ve got mail…! 8-)
You got to be kidding me. If you ask McCain in person what he thinks about being ephemeral, he will say “Uh, I’m against gays in the military”. The asswipe couldn’t form a coherent written sentence if you freaking spotted him a copy of EB White’s “The Elements of Style”.
I have a little story involving Barry McGuire. Back in the 60’s I attended the University of Arizona. The New Christie Minstrels were there for the taping of Hullabaloo or Shindig, one of those at any rate. The student newspaper, the Wildcat, ran a large above the fold front page photo of the group. McGuire was front and center, holding his guitar as if playing it right handed. In reality he played left handed, I knew for a fact, so I took a closer look at the photo. Everyone else in the group was holding his guitar left handed. The darkroom technician had printed from a reversed negative, apparently keying on McGuire and figuring he was right handed. I got a kick out of that, and haven’t forgotten it to this day. Which should be obvious to you, as you are reading this.
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Heh, decided to grace us here at the Lake, bmaz? As usual, you’re spot on!
Chuck Hagel on KO about Iraq
Yay for the Dim Angry Old Man!
He rawks and he roolz!
I don’t care that much that he’s an FEC crook.
Yay…
http://j-walkblog.com/index.ph….._sleeping/
This one should work. Sorry for the other one.
Hagel said both parties have failed us on Iraq! Ya think!
Got it CT! Thanks. Should have it done tomorrow! :>D
Great story YellowdogD. Shows how there is “handism” against us southpaws. LOL.
What is the difference between McCain’s idea of occupying or “have a presence” in other countries and imposing his “idea” of how the world should be forever from Hitler’s idea of occupying other countries and imposing his “idea” of how the world should be forever?
It’s “us” instead of “them?”
Cool! It’ll be late before I can get to it, tomorrow is a hectic day, bill paying day…! ;-)
“Uh, what is this ’style’ thing?”
A commenter, I’m sorry I don’t remember who pointed out that the Italians didn’t learn their lesson and are posed to reelect frikkin’ Neocon Berlusconi!!! WTF is up with that!!!?
What the hell is he looking at?
Uh, the Italian “low information voter” with short-term memory loss. Also, apparently he with the fattest wallet and biggest ego wins. Here and there.
Do I detect the skeletal hand of Peggy “I-speak-slowly-and-long-pauses-so-people-will-think-I’m-profound” Noonan in McCain’s material?
But though the happy pursuits of the young prove ephemeral, something better can endure, and endure until our last moment of life.
That is one sick motherfucker. And there are tens of millions like him.
I could not believe that quote was from McCain when I was reading it.
Who the fuck is the audience?
I think McCain cribbed that speech from Lou Gehrig, didn’t he? In which case he is trying to get the votes of all the fans of “Pride of the Yankees”
Welcome to the lake, fritopundito.
Hey fritopundito, great screen name.
Happy to have you with us.
And presumably he would cite his decision to betray the ill wife who had waited for him throughout the years of imprisonment as a milestone in his life fulfillment?
If McCain is going to attack Obama’s American-ness, as he is doing in his first ad, then perhaps some questions about McCain’s commitment to traditional American values like fidelity should be raised?