Comments on: “We all cheer when the swallows return to Hinckley, Ohio” http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/08/we-all-cheer-when-the-swallows-return-to-hinckley-ohio/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:43:57 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Attaturk http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/08/we-all-cheer-when-the-swallows-return-to-hinckley-ohio/#comment-1378698 Attaturk Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:39:31 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/08/we-all-cheer-when-the-swallows-return-to-hinckley-ohio/#comment-1378698 <p>It’s a joke about the factual errors of Bobo Brooks</p> It’s a joke about the factual errors of Bobo Brooks

]]> By: hazmaq http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/08/we-all-cheer-when-the-swallows-return-to-hinckley-ohio/#comment-1377727 hazmaq Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:04:50 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/08/we-all-cheer-when-the-swallows-return-to-hinckley-ohio/#comment-1377727 <p>Speaking of Brooks and Buzzards,I have a Blue Jay coming to my feeders who, as he arrives to chase off other squirrels and birds, imitates the call of a Bald Eagle.</p> <p>When he’s done, he sits up in the tree screaming like a ground squirrel.</p> <p>Isn’t nature just bitchen?</p> Speaking of Brooks and Buzzards,I have a Blue Jay coming to my feeders who, as he arrives to chase off other squirrels and birds, imitates the call of a Bald Eagle.

When he’s done, he sits up in the tree screaming like a ground squirrel.

Isn’t nature just bitchen?

]]> By: Peregwyn http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/08/we-all-cheer-when-the-swallows-return-to-hinckley-ohio/#comment-1377571 Peregwyn Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:23:33 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/08/we-all-cheer-when-the-swallows-return-to-hinckley-ohio/#comment-1377571 <p>I guess buzzards are just BIG swallows.</p> <p></p> I guess buzzards are just BIG swallows.

]]> By: JoesDog http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/08/we-all-cheer-when-the-swallows-return-to-hinckley-ohio/#comment-1377422 JoesDog Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:43:56 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/08/we-all-cheer-when-the-swallows-return-to-hinckley-ohio/#comment-1377422 <p>Those are <a href="http://www.ohiotraveler.com/Venue%20Files/buzzard_day.htm" rel="nofollow">swallows? Whodathunkit.</a></p> Those are swallows? Whodathunkit.

]]> By: dickmulliken http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/08/we-all-cheer-when-the-swallows-return-to-hinckley-ohio/#comment-1377383 dickmulliken Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:27:05 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/08/we-all-cheer-when-the-swallows-return-to-hinckley-ohio/#comment-1377383 <p>Somebody reality check me. Several times recently I’ve read Brooksy with faint nods of approval. Either I’m getting brain-soft or he’s showing sentience, especially about Iraq. Today, for example he recognizes the futility of this phony parliament, and favors a tribal council system. I bet Bill Kristol doesn’t like that!</p> Somebody reality check me. Several times recently I’ve read Brooksy with faint nods of approval. Either I’m getting brain-soft or he’s showing sentience, especially about Iraq. Today, for example he recognizes the futility of this phony parliament, and favors a tribal council system. I bet Bill Kristol doesn’t like that!

]]> By: Prairie Sunshine http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/08/we-all-cheer-when-the-swallows-return-to-hinckley-ohio/#comment-1377323 Prairie Sunshine Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:37:24 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/08/we-all-cheer-when-the-swallows-return-to-hinckley-ohio/#comment-1377323 <p>Chee-knee likely to get extended Secret Service protection? Let him pay for it himself out of his blood money.</p> Chee-knee likely to get extended Secret Service protection? Let him pay for it himself out of his blood money.

]]> By: Elliott http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/08/we-all-cheer-when-the-swallows-return-to-hinckley-ohio/#comment-1377321 Elliott Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:33:38 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/08/we-all-cheer-when-the-swallows-return-to-hinckley-ohio/#comment-1377321 <p>Yay! </p> <p><a href="http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/08/why-cant-worlds-collide/" rel="nofollow">more Attaturk upstairs</a></p> Yay!

more Attaturk upstairs

]]> By: wigwam http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/08/we-all-cheer-when-the-swallows-return-to-hinckley-ohio/#comment-1377320 wigwam Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:30:25 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/08/we-all-cheer-when-the-swallows-return-to-hinckley-ohio/#comment-1377320 <p>Per WaPo on 4/1:</p> <blockquote><p> […]<br /> A total of 923 civilians were killed in March, up 31 percent from February and the deadliest month since August 2007, according to data compiled by Iraq’s interior, defense and health ministries and obtained by Reuters.</p> <p>The figures are a blow to the Iraqi government and the United States, which have pointed to reduced overall levels of violence in recent months as evidence that a major security offensive has made significant progress.<br /> […]</p></blockquote> <p>Whatever happened to “Return on success”? If we’ve succeeded, why are we still there?</p> Per WaPo on 4/1:

[…]
A total of 923 civilians were killed in March, up 31 percent from February and the deadliest month since August 2007, according to data compiled by Iraq’s interior, defense and health ministries and obtained by Reuters.

The figures are a blow to the Iraqi government and the United States, which have pointed to reduced overall levels of violence in recent months as evidence that a major security offensive has made significant progress.
[…]

Whatever happened to “Return on success”? If we’ve succeeded, why are we still there?

]]> By: wigwam http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/08/we-all-cheer-when-the-swallows-return-to-hinckley-ohio/#comment-1377318 wigwam Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:19:12 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/08/we-all-cheer-when-the-swallows-return-to-hinckley-ohio/#comment-1377318 <p>Per Jon Soltz of VotVets.org on Hardball last night: <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/4/8/5934/53123/164/492066" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/storyo.....164/492066</a></p> <blockquote><p>The surge has been another failure, because the purpose of the surge was for Iraqi domestic politics. And the two major Shia militias in the country are at war with each other: the SCIRI militia, which is the Badr Corps/Hakeem group, versus the Mahdi army, which is Sadr’s group. And the bottom line was, the surge was supposed to disarm these militias. It never happened. And that’s why they’ve been going to battle with each other the entire last week. The core issue in Iraq is the Shia revolution and the control of the Shia Arab state for the first time in the history of the Middle East. And this administration wants to sell us on, you know, Al Qaeda in Iraq. The surge has been a huge failure, because it’s been a policy of retreat from bin Laden and Afghanistan.”</p> <p>[…]</p> <p> Chris, they misunderstood this problem from the beginning. This is not a problem of troops and tactics. It’s a problem of diplomacy and strategy. And when General [David] Petraeus speaks tomorrow, it’s up to Democrats to broaden this debate, to talk about the fact that the Army has been decimated by this war. To talk about the fact that Bush and McCain have had us in a policy of retreat from Osama bin Laden and Afghanistan for the last six years. To talk about the fact that we’re never going to get anywhere in Iraq politically until we deal with the Israeli/Palestinian situation, until we directly negotiate with Iran. It was Iran that helped stopped the fighting last week in Iraq. </p></blockquote> Per Jon Soltz of VotVets.org on Hardball last night: http://www.dailykos.com/storyo…..164/492066

The surge has been another failure, because the purpose of the surge was for Iraqi domestic politics. And the two major Shia militias in the country are at war with each other: the SCIRI militia, which is the Badr Corps/Hakeem group, versus the Mahdi army, which is Sadr’s group. And the bottom line was, the surge was supposed to disarm these militias. It never happened. And that’s why they’ve been going to battle with each other the entire last week. The core issue in Iraq is the Shia revolution and the control of the Shia Arab state for the first time in the history of the Middle East. And this administration wants to sell us on, you know, Al Qaeda in Iraq. The surge has been a huge failure, because it’s been a policy of retreat from bin Laden and Afghanistan.”

[…]

Chris, they misunderstood this problem from the beginning. This is not a problem of troops and tactics. It’s a problem of diplomacy and strategy. And when General [David] Petraeus speaks tomorrow, it’s up to Democrats to broaden this debate, to talk about the fact that the Army has been decimated by this war. To talk about the fact that Bush and McCain have had us in a policy of retreat from Osama bin Laden and Afghanistan for the last six years. To talk about the fact that we’re never going to get anywhere in Iraq politically until we deal with the Israeli/Palestinian situation, until we directly negotiate with Iran. It was Iran that helped stopped the fighting last week in Iraq.

]]> By: tjbs http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/08/we-all-cheer-when-the-swallows-return-to-hinckley-ohio/#comment-1377309 tjbs Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:08:09 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/08/we-all-cheer-when-the-swallows-return-to-hinckley-ohio/#comment-1377309 <p>Morning to all,<br /> Elliott did you know we ,in Bucks, sent Patrick Murphy to help end this mess the and he is only member of congress to have served in a-rack.</p> Morning to all,
Elliott did you know we ,in Bucks, sent Patrick Murphy to help end this mess the and he is only member of congress to have served in a-rack.

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