June 29, 2005: Profiles in Cowardice - A New Series

Considering the story was buried in typical NYT fashion on page 15, Senator Ron Weyden, D-Oregon, or his minions, must have been pretty panicked to insist on the following correction to the paper's "Senators Laud Treatment of Detainees in Guantanamo":

An article on Tuesday about the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay paraphrased incorrectly from a comment by Senator Ron Wyden, Democrat of Oregon, one of several senators who inspected the military detention facility during a weekend trip. He said he felt good about the work of three American guards he met there. He did not say he was pleased with the overall handling of the detainees.

Heaven forbid! He would be the disgrace of every Starbucks from Portland to Eugene!

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...like watching someone set his hair on fire.

Posted by: PJ at June 29, 2005 9:38 PM

This continues the Democratic tactic of claiming to support "the troops" while simultaneously denouncing "the military." Linda Foley tried to make that distinction a few weeks back, too.

Posted by: JohnAnnArbor at June 29, 2005 9:40 PM

The next time someone tells you the right suppresses dissent, tell them we never get the chance...

Posted by: richard mcenroe at June 29, 2005 10:02 PM

Give it up, Ron. It doesn't matter how you gyrate ... I'm not gonna vote for you.

Posted by: asher at June 29, 2005 10:03 PM

Evidently Ron was upset there weren't enough ecologically friendly drinking cups and hypoallergenic soaps for the prisoners to use after working out on their Cybex machines and Stairmasters.

Plus, there's apparently only one masseur for the whole camp. And facials are only available on Thursdays. The horror!

Posted by: Fresh Air at June 29, 2005 11:54 PM

We should take pity on the Democrats. They are twisting their minds into contortions trying to remain relevant and keep what vestiges of power they still have...
On second thought, since the only power they seem to have left is to obstruct and undermine, take no prisoners and make sure to ridicule at every opportunity.
Sadly, some day we will need a responsible opposition and they will be nowhere in sight.

Posted by: ShrinkWrapped at June 30, 2005 4:55 AM

poor baby tewwowists...were those mean National Guards people from New Jersey rude to you? Just cause you promised to dismember their children is no reason for them to touch your Koran without gloves on. poor baby tewwowists.

Really this is getting ridiculous.

Posted by: Terrye at June 30, 2005 5:33 AM

Maybe tomorrow Sen. Weyden will re-correct back to his original--or would the original be the pre-visit?--position. Or is the post-visit, but pre-correction #1 (or, depending, correction #2), the correct "original" position? If not, then tomorrow's correction would be a re-re-correction, of course. Or perhaps if so, I'm not sure, I have a headache. I mean, I'm sure I have a headache, but not sure about that other thing I was talking about before. Before the headache. Well, not "before the headache" (I had it before I mentioned it), but before I mentioned the headache.

Posted by: Buddy Larsen at June 30, 2005 6:36 AM

This is what he gets for going out in the hot Cuban sun without his nice Kerry® Magic Hat to protect his brain from wrong thoughts...

Posted by: richard mcenroe at June 30, 2005 6:40 AM

That would be a copy Magic Hat, anyway--if you recall, Kerry always keeps the original fake Magic Hat in his briefcase.

Posted by: Buddy Larsen at June 30, 2005 6:44 AM

The article says that Dem Sens Wyden and Nelson were in Cuba "primarily to discuss new agricultural trade" with Castro's Cuba. Only afterwards did they manage to mosey on over to Gitmo where they "ran into" the Republican Sens who were visiting expressly to see Guantanamo. Looks like Dems care so much about what a party leader and other Dems allege to be wretched and inhumane conditions there, that seeing for themselves is just fine, as long as they're going to be in Cuba, anyway.

Accusations and condemnation- from the Senate floor. First-hand inspection and backtracking- a sidetrip and buried article.

Posted by: c at June 30, 2005 7:04 AM

This a the special Democrat gift: praise the specific while condemning the general...as in "I support our troops but not the war."

You have to have blue blood to understand this Alice-in-Wonderland thinking.

It's all about posture, posture, posture.

Meanwhile, back in reality, the Israelis are the canaries in the coal mine:

Mushroom Cloud Over Tel Aviv

Posted by: Dymphna at June 30, 2005 7:10 AM

Exquisite covering of the ass, as well as all perceptions of the ass, not to mention possible future permutations of the position of the ass.

Posted by: Buddy Larsen at June 30, 2005 7:12 AM

Buddy..that's gluteus maximus, boy. There some lady-like people here. Not real ladies, just lady "like" -- kind of the way margarine is like butter.

Hmph.

~D

Posted by: Dymphna at June 30, 2005 7:17 AM

Yes'm...i sowwy....

Posted by: Buddy Larsen at June 30, 2005 7:23 AM

Dymphna, your post on Gates of Vienna is chilling as hell on this morning's news that the Iran Hostages are saying that the new Iranian President is one of the Teheran ringleaders of the '79 hostage crisis.

Posted by: Buddy Larsen at June 30, 2005 7:27 AM

Buddy, that was no lady -- that was my wife!

Posted by: Baron Bodissey at June 30, 2005 7:28 AM

Buddy, et al:

Prarie Fire has two photos of the Iranian dude:then and now. See what you think.

Photo

I think the nose is the same, and the lower lip. Who has a photo expert around?

Posted by: Dymphna at June 30, 2005 7:35 AM

Just out of curiosity, did the gallant Senator actually say WHAT he didn't approve of that he "inspected?"

Posted by: richard mcenroe at June 30, 2005 7:45 AM

Brow seems different--but, age, &/or lighting could account for that. Body type--shortish, wiry (I've seen the current dude on TV) are the same, as is the head 'hold'--the neck length and angle. If it's the same guy who had the gambling impulsivity to pull off the hostage crime, he's a Terrorist with a capital "T" and willing to go all the way. Thank goodness we've been shipping a few KC-135s and Bunker-Busters to Israel. Batten down the hatches.

Posted by: Buddy Larsen at June 30, 2005 7:52 AM

“Sadly, some day we will need a responsible opposition and they will be nowhere in sight.”

Some day? Whatabout today? We always need a responsible opposition. I usually agree with the Republicans, but I still feel uncomfortable that they are now essentially the only game in town. The Democrats are losers possessing no good ideas of their own. Obstructionism is seemingly their only goal. Where is Joe Lieberman? Has he wimped out? The Democrats apparently have no leaders willing to tell the crazies to go to hell.

Posted by: David Thomson at June 30, 2005 7:52 AM

Just out of curiosity, did the gallant Senator actually say WHAT he didn't approve of that he "inspected?"

Of course not. After 500 more visits with Fidel and sidetrip inspections of three guards per, then the good Senator will be able to give us a complete report and his (hedged) verdict.

Posted by: c at June 30, 2005 7:58 AM

Your liberal media at work.

Posted by: The Truth at June 30, 2005 8:11 AM

Let me get this straight. Dymphna and the Baron B. are married, Shrinkwrapped and the Baron both post here and are also the first two [last look, only] commenters on the Gates of Vienna post.

SAT question: Are Shrinkwrapped and Dymphna related, and if so, how?

Posted by: Bruce Wechsler (formerly Bruce W.) at June 30, 2005 8:30 AM

Bruce W (formerly)

Yep. You have the Baron and me figured. But related to Shrink-wrapped? I wish! It would increase my IQ substantially...

Nope, I just like to lurk on his site. Good, thoughtful posts. He has the calm presence of a good analyst, plus a sense of humor.

~D

Posted by: Dymphna at June 30, 2005 8:36 AM

Bruce -- Shrinkwrapped and Dymphna are not related. At least they'd better not be. ("Can't watch your wife, and watch your outside women, too.")

We both like his blog, though...

Posted by: Baron Bodissey at June 30, 2005 8:38 AM

Baron, be sure and post a picture of the rolling-pin lump on top of your head after Dymphna reads the "outsde women" post, ok?

Posted by: Buddy Larsen at June 30, 2005 8:47 AM

Buddy, do you know the whole quote (old blues song)? Approximately:

Gonna buy me a bulldog, watch my old lady whilst I sleep
Gonna buy me a bulldog, watch my old lady whilst I sleep
Cause women today are so crooked, she just might make that four-day creep

Can't watch your wife, and watch your outside women too
Can't watch your wife, and watch your outside women too
While you're out with your woman, she's at home, washin your clothes, cookin your food, doin you dirt -- Buddy, who you try to fool?

Posted by: Baron Bodissey at June 30, 2005 8:57 AM

Baron: I'll buy Dymphna's denial. (Based on her blogger profile pic, she's clearly saintly.)

What I'm not convinced about is the "Iranian: then and now" photos. But a fair number of the former hostages seem pretty certain.

As far as Israel taking pre-emptive action goes, that's about as tough a decision as a leader can face. It would be much better to have a more sh_t-scared Europe on the side-lines when and if it happens (it won't stop the public condemnations, but the real internal response will be relief),...but how long to wait until they are sufficiently terrified? tick..tick..tick.

Posted by: Bruce Wechsler (formerly Bruce W.) at June 30, 2005 8:59 AM

So, Baron, good WiFi down at the ER, eh?

Posted by: Buddy Larsen at June 30, 2005 9:03 AM

Baron:

It's a Cream Song (they recorded it at least)

Lyric is "make off 'fore day creep".
(i.e. before sunrise)

Posted by: Bruce Wechsler (formerly Bruce W.) at June 30, 2005 9:07 AM

Yeah, the Cream version is the one I know.

I left off the first verse:

"You can lose your money, pray God don't lose your mind
You can lose your money, pray God don't lose your mind
But if you lose your woman, please don't mess with mine"

Posted by: Baron Bodissey at June 30, 2005 9:26 AM

Ahh...Disreali Gears...I can picture the album cover right now, laying there on the cardboard-box coffee-table, covered with candle-droppings, roach clips, burnt matches, scholastic-probation notices....

Posted by: Buddy Larsen at June 30, 2005 9:38 AM

Buddy, you left off empty vodka bottles, used condoms, and syringes. Oh, and copies of ZAP comix.

Posted by: Baron Bodissey at June 30, 2005 9:50 AM

Damn, Baron--you Virginny boys knew how to PARTAY!

Posted by: Buddy Larsen at June 30, 2005 10:47 AM

Baron and Buddy: I have no recollection of what you guys are talking about. (thank G-d the photos aren't digital.)

Posted by: Bruce Wechsler (formerly Bruce W.) at June 30, 2005 11:02 AM

Actually, I was in Maryland in those days...

And I left out the water pipe made out of a Skippy jar, the Whippets, tins of snuff, and the Whole Earth Catalog. Black-light poster of Che in the background.

Posted by: Baron Bodissey at June 30, 2005 11:28 AM

Water pipe from skippy jar...Did aggravated munchies ensue?

Posted by: Bruce Wechsler (formerly Bruce W.) at June 30, 2005 11:38 AM

Definitely. Isn't that an empty half-gallon of Sealtest butterscotch ice cream next to the table...?

Posted by: Baron Bodissey at June 30, 2005 11:57 AM

We'll never live it down--damn that LBJ and Nixon!

Posted by: Buddy Larsen at June 30, 2005 12:32 PM

Canned Heat and a little Hendrix fellas? Make sure you keep the barbs and the Jackson Browne under seperate lock and key as they are far too dangerous to mix.

Posted by: Knucklehead at June 30, 2005 1:12 PM

I keep thinking of things I left out! A lava lamp. Copy of "The Electric Koolaid Acid Test". A frisbee.

"He had on penny loafers, purple bell-bottoms, and a protest button that said, 'God is acid'."

I defy anybody here to identify the source of that quote! Without googling it, that is.

Buddy, you really opened a can of worms...

Posted by: Baron Bodissey at June 30, 2005 1:21 PM

Buddy has cans of worms?

I thought it was only his jokes that were canned.

Hmmm. A new side of Buddy.

Posted by: Dymphna at June 30, 2005 1:48 PM

Ok, ok, I apologize for putting that rolling pin in your hand. ;-)

Posted by: Buddy Larsen at June 30, 2005 3:12 PM

Note that worms are processed at the same cannery as whoop-ass.

Posted by: triticale at June 30, 2005 5:49 PM

My red Beetle, sigh.
Whoop-ass, I guess Baron survived, we won't have to send Greta Von Susteren.
(i'm gonna be sorry for that, aren't i?)

Posted by: Buddy Larsen at June 30, 2005 7:49 PM

"He had on penny loafers and ah purple bellbottoms, and he had a huge protest button on that said, "God is Acid", boy that piiiiissed me oooffff. Ah anyway I screeched a halt an I yelled out the window and I said ah "Hey... what you doing in my town buddy, that son-of-a-%#*!% was ignoring my existence, boy I hate that. So I leaped out of my ol' Corvette and I, I trotted over and I proceeded to kick A@@ on the god%^*& son-of-a-%#*!%in' morfidite, now I walked on his face and %#@! it was more fun than squashing tadpoles"

"I, Johnathan Abner Tobias Pissoff, in the presence of the universal god of salvation, do solemnly affirm that I've been chosen.... I further affirm, that although I'm decent god fearing man with family and property. Argh, I want to kill, rape, ravage, plunder, pillage, stomp, devour, destroy, hack, smash, flash, flish and bash, all queers, commies, shinnies hallies and hoonkies, all greaseballs, lockies, polacks, lepers and wetbacks, all bohunks, eggheads, fudgesicles and highslants, all poets, migs, frogs, queers, pipsqueaks, cajants, dwarfs, dipshits and teenage loose women. In the name of Jesus Christ this I do affirm"

"The Illiad" by Ed Sanders (BMI-Heavy Metal Music) from the album "Sanders' Truckstop"

Classic music for expanded minds, you won't hear this immersed in the corporate greed of exposed bouncing cleavage squeaking out "Opps, I did it again"

As our grandparents used to tell us of "the good ol' days"

Found this blog trying to find the lyrics to this song which I've had for over 30 years now. Quite a song, I'm sure Baron B can attest to that.

Bravo Baron B, my hats off to you. Songuru

Posted by: Songuru at July 19, 2006 5:43 PM

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