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More tough guy talk
Author: velveeta jones    Date: 04/26/2009 14:09:22

What is it with all these tough guys? Why do the weak minded (and I'm being polite here), equate "strength" with being cold, aloof, smug, and must include the bulky appendage of really, really bad one-liners that only sound acceptable on fictional characters in cheesy movies? "You're either with us or against us". "I'll be back". "Bring it on". "Make my day punk". Sheesh. I'm beginning to think George W. maybe always thought he was on a movie set? Just maybe?

As you may recall, Mr. Smirky McSneer, #1 tough guy, "The Dick", pried open his tightly-wound little mouth and spoke at us sideways as he usually does when he has to speak about evil things like gay people, terrorists, peaceniks and liberals.


"I've been concerned at the way we've been presented overseas... What I find disturbing is the extent to which he's gone to Europe and seemed to apologize profusely, been to Mexico and seemed to apologize there," said Cheney. "The world out there, both our friends and foes, will be quick to take advantage of that... I don't think we have much to apologize for."

Describing the Bush administration's policy as to "ignore" Chavez, Cheney said that Obama's handshake was "not helpful... You have people all across South America who are watching how we respond." He added, "The president needs to provide leadership... needs to distinguish between good [guys] and bad guys."


"Ignore". See how tough that is. Brrrrr. You are one cold MoFu. :rolleyes:

Okay, so then, ignoring what Mr. Side-Mouth Speaker actually said, lets talk about how tough he really is. This “interview” was held in the comfort of his own home and by his friend, Sean “My Head is Frightfully Big” Hannity. How courageous is that? Would the Dick ever consent to being interviewed by Rachel Maddow (oh, that would be delicious) or even someone as tame as Anderson Cooper and say these same things? I doubt it. Now that he is Private Citizen Dick, he doesn’t have to give anything to the moderates, and especially not to the likes of a Rachel Maddow.

Then there is the tough guy with a big heart. The guy who is so bad-ass that he can say ‘Fuck Global Warming – it’s all a crock and a way for the UN to run the world. I’m gonna burn my SUV all day long on Earth Day’ and then cry because “I love America soooo much…” Of course I speak of Glenn Beck.

All of these losers believe that torture is something we need to do to stay safe. But torture is the cowards way out; its the thing that people with weak minds and weak wills resort to when they llive in so much fear that they cannot think of anything, ANYTHING, else.

There are some REAL tough people in this world:

Freed pirate hostage Shane Murphy after hearing what Rush said about the Somali pirates: "It feels great to be home," said Murphy in an interview with WCBV in Boston. "It feels like everyone around here has my back, with the exception of Rush Limbaugh, who is trying to make this into a race issue...that's disgusting." He went on to call Rush what he is: a coward.

This coming from a man who has more right than any of us, to be angry at the Somali pirates.

Then, there are all those named and unnamed soldiers who protect our Country with their lives, but refuse to torture another human being because it’s immoral. One soldier was apparently so despondent over it she chose her own death over torture.

Thank God for the brave ones.
 

10 comments (Latest Comment: 04/27/2009 06:37:59 by livingonli)
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Comment by AuntAzalea on 04/26/2009 14:18:58
Great blog- oh how I wish that the charity Sean Hannity was willing to get waterboarded for was to pay for Dick Cheney to appear for one full uninterrupted hour on the Rachel Maddow Show. Now that would be a cause I could really get behind - delicious (to quote VJ)

Comment by Raine on 04/26/2009 15:01:36
Wonderful, Velveeta. And so succinct.



In readiing the paper this morning I came across this little blurb:



For the past 8 years, Dick Cheney has been telling us that we don't torture, now he wants memos released showing how well torture works.



How Ironic, Sad and true.







Comment by TriSec on 04/26/2009 15:16:10
Morning, folks.



Platelet donation this am; they should have pulled a triple.



So now I'll go crawl over to a corner of the blog and remain comatose for the rest of the day. Would one of you be so kind to ocassionally check to make sure I'm still breathing....and brink me plenty of fluids?



:thud:





Comment by velveeta jones on 04/26/2009 15:52:00
Quote by TriSec:

Morning, folks.



Platelet donation this am; they should have pulled a triple.



So now I'll go crawl over to a corner of the blog and remain comatose for the rest of the day. Would one of you be so kind to ocassionally check to make sure I'm still breathing....and brink me plenty of fluids?



:thud:



Another hero! TriSec! Thank you.... I have still never given blood, and that's even easier than platelets. I just don't know what's wrong with me, despite having had to have lots of it for major surgery! Man I suck.



:kickcan:





Comment by TriSec on 04/26/2009 15:58:46
Come on, I've only been blogging about it off and on for the past 5 years....



It's easy, and given the skill of your donation nurse, pretty close to painless, too.



As a first-timer, they may want you to try out the "single needle" donation, but I don't like that; you can 'feel' when they push the saline back in and it's a little weird.



Double-needle is out one arm, through the machine, back in the other in a continuous cycle. It's faster, too. (about 85 minutes for me.) Plus, you get to sit back, watch a movie, and have the staff cover you with warm blankets and hold up cups of liquid for you to drink. It's quite decadent. Except for the bleeding part, I mean.



Then you can stand up and go home; no waiting around like after a blood donation, since they replace the volume lost with saline, so no chance of hypovolemic shock, either.



And the best part.....I've asked, and here in Boston, just about all of the platelets go up to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Seems like chemotherapy wipes out platelets; I've been saving children.



(OK, I'll get off my soapbox now.)





Comment by m-hadley on 04/26/2009 18:40:13
Excellent post as always Velveeta, :clap:

I think that Smirky McSideways-Talker is soooo very scared that he is just running his mouth, spilling lie after lie, as if he still had any credibility at all, in a desperate attempt to save his lame lying ass.... :nervous:

You nailed it once again, VJ, I take my hat off to ya :D

Cheers,

mfaye



Comment by m-hadley on 04/26/2009 18:59:38
Check out this right-wing-tea-bagging nut (no surprise he is from Oklahoma ). I really hope that this guy visits a gun show and is able to buy a semi-automactic weapon and then convert it into a fully-automatic weapon, don't you??? (satire attempted here - think Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal). Visit my blog for more reasons why Oklahoma should be kicked out of the United States of America!

Cheers,

mfaye &

Comment by MavericksHMB on 04/26/2009 19:49:43
Excellent blog, Velveeta. I especially loved the "Mr. Side Mouth Speaker". If that doesn't nail it, I don't know what does! Content is right on, too!



I ran across this on facebook -- posted by Raine or Bob? Can't remember which. In any case, I just had to come on over here and give you a !!

Comment by BobR on 04/27/2009 04:11:12
Sorry for waiting so long to comment on this, but I've been busy today.



Great blog as always, VJ!

Comment by livingonli on 04/27/2009 06:37:59
Another day encased in salt.



And the Rangers blew it again, but Tuesday I will be doing Devils game 7 instead.