News: Ambassador to Libya assassinated; 4 total dead

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  1. minerva

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    because it was 600 BC!
     
  2. Demosthenes

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    Don't comment if you didn't read the piece please.
     
  3. Knave

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    No, no, no! It was more like 1400 BC.

    The tire tracks were from 600 AD -- 2000 years later when powerboats and Michelin tires were common in the Middle East.
     
  4. argentine soccer fan

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    Is it possible that the Yute -the prophet Mohammed- was the victim of mistaken identity? Two different prophets went into the same desert in identical metallic green chariots with the same set of tires...
     
  5. Quayle

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    Don't you worry, about Obama. He's taking care of bidness....right after a round of golf, a fundraiser in Vegas, a tough interview with Men's Health, and an appearance on Letterman.
     
  6. minerva

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    if their chariot was truly a 63 Pontiac Tempest, I doubt either prophet ever made it out of the desert - at least not in their chariot.
     
  7. fatbastard

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  8. minerva

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    haters gonna hate.
     
  9. Demosthenes

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    Jokes are so much funnier when they're based in reality. Making fun of something that doesn't exist isn't humorous. It's just pointless.

    The idea that Obama doesn't take care of business when it comes to foreign affairs is a fantasy.

    I really feel you can do better than this.
     
  10. Minnman

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    Yeah, that terrorist coddling Obama.

    Jesus. Like I said in a different thread, if Mitt really wants to go toe-to-toe with the President on foreign policy, line 'em up.
     
  11. superdave

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    I remember when he killed Osama bin Laden while yucking it up at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. That was awesome.
     
  12. superdave

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    ???

    Look at his moniker. THAT'S what inspires him.
     
  13. charlie15

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    I have rarely seen such consensus across the board to condemn Romney's totally idiotic and disgraceful reactions on this drama.
    When even Peggy Noonan and Mark Halperin are criticizing you .....you are in trouble, Mitt.

    "I don't think Mr. Romney has been doing himself any favors in the last hours" -
    @peggynoonannyc

    Unless Mitt has gamed crisis out in some manner completely invisible to Gang of 500,doubling down=most craven+ill-advised move of '12
    M
     
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  14. Demosthenes

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    Maybe it's the teacher in me. I reject the soft bigotry of low expectations.
     
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  15. purojogo

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    I should have known...after Limbaugh and Colbert :D revealed that black people control the weather ...controlling time was no surprising power...

    http://www.colbertnation.com/the-co...ess-of-charlotte---avoiding-water-gate--day-1


    BTW it is hard not to feel awful for Stevens and the other casualties, as diplomat and for those who also worked hard to try to bridge differences and aim for more understanding through more peaceful ways....It really sucks....

    I was going to post this earlier today about an interesting look at presidential decision-making from a first-hand witness who spent 8 months at the WH re: Lybia in particular..and damn it : If Stevens had anything to do with this decision on Lybia..and from his background he may very well have played a huge role....he very likely played part in the policy that saved so many Lybian lives...to be paid back like this is just depressing....RIP Chris Stevens

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/#48996498


    Article on Stevens
    http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS...hip-revolution/story?id=17218702#.UFDzPFGf98E
     
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  16. Barbara

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    Your candidate is having a really, really bad day so I don't blame you for trying to make yourself feel better by spewing idiocy.
     
  17. Matt in the Hat

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    But the Tempest had positraction and was available in metallic mint green
     
  18. minerva

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    given his plethora of gaffes when he went over to London for a friendly visit during the Olympics, Mitt is in no position to criticize anyone (not even Sarah Palin) on foreign relations/affairs.
    now Clinton, he knew foreign relations/affairs. Sarah wasn't telling him to grow a bigger stick.
    neither was Monica.
     
  19. LongDuckDong

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    um....
     
  20. minerva

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    pathetic is an adjective.
    name calling would have to be a noun.
     
  21. Chris M.

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    He noticed that many times along the path of
    his life there was only one set of tire tracks.

    [​IMG]

    He also noticed that it happened at the very
    lowest and saddest times in his life.
     
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  22. Chris M.

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    If mitt gets elected, perhaps we can just change the spelling a little bit and President Romney won't notice.

    Once we officially tell the President of the problems inside Labia, he will take charge, get in there and take control of everything. The Labian people will have no say in what happens to their political body, but we will get the outcome WE want.
     
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  23. TheSlipperyOne

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    This could go in the Rape Thread or the GOP Failure Thread but it's probably most appropriate here. I just love those AZ GOPers. They're almost as funny as Illinois Nazis.

    Sen. John Kyl (R):

    "It's like the judge telling the woman who got raped, 'You asked for it because of the way you dressed.' OK? That's the same thing. 'Well America, you should be the ones to apologize, you should have known this would happen, you should have done — what I don't know — but it's your fault that it happened.' You know, for a member of our State Department to put out a statement like that, it had to be cleared by somebody. They don't just do that in the spur of the moment."
    http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/jon-kyl-embassy-statement-was-like-telling-raped
     
  24. luftmensch

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  25. purojogo

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    (from link posted earlier)
    "I learned more from him in three months than I have in my adult life," tweeted Hannah Draper, who is in the U.S. on leave from the embassy. "He loved Libya and Libyan people. He died doing what he believed in."
    In an August blog post, Draper said the ambassador was "legendary" in Libya because he stayed in the country through the revolution, "liaising with the rebels and leading a skeleton crew of Americans on the ground to support humanitarian efforts and meeting up-and-coming political leaders."
    "Several Libyans have told me how much it means to them that he stayed here throughout the revolution, losing friends and suffering privations alongside ordinary Libyans," Draper wrote on her blog. "We could not ask for a better ambassador to represent America during this crucial period in Libyan history."
     
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