The six terrorists that have been charged with planning the 9/11 attacks will be tried before a military commission and not a civilian court. The trail will take place in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Before you rend your blouse and gnash your teeth, bemoaning that their human rights are being violated, you might consider this.
Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin ‘Attash is alleged to have administered an al Qaeda training camp in Logar, Afghanistan where two of the September 11th hijackers were trained. He is also alleged to have traveled to Malaysia in 1999 to observe airport security by US air carriers in order to assist in formulating the hijacking plan.
Ali Abdul Aziz Ali is alleged to have included sending approximately $120,000 to the hijackers for their expenses and flight training, and facilitating travel to the United States for nine of the hijackers.
These two psychopaths were appearing in the courtroom in Guantanamo. Bored of the proceedings Bin Attash fashioned a paper airplane and sailed it to Aziz Ali. Aziz Ali caught the plane and unfolded it. Reading what was there, he laughed out loud.
Bin Attash had written the flight numbers of the planes used in the September 11th attacks.
This is a fun quiz. Listed below are 10 direct quotes. You have to guess which American politician said it. Your four choices are:
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin
Former VP Dan Quayle
President Barack Obama
Former President George W. Bush
Ready? Here we go!
1) “Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel ‘s.”
A. Barack Obama
B. Dan Quayle
C. Sarah Palin
D. George W. Bush
2) “I’ve now been in 57 states I think one left to go.”
A. Barack Obama
B. Dan Quayle
C. Sarah Palin
D. George W. Bush
3) “On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of
fallen heroes, and I see many of them in the audience here today.”
A. Barack Obama
B. Dan Quayle
C. Sarah Palin
D. George W. Bush
4) “What they’ll say is, ‘Well it costs too much money,’ but you know
what? It would cost, about. It it it would cost about the same as
what we would spend. It. Over the course of 10 years it would cost
what it would costs us. (nervous laugh) All right. Okay. We’re going
to. It. It would cost us about the same as it would cost for about
hold on one second. I can’t hear myself. But I’m glad you’re fired up,
though. I’m glad.”
A. Barack Obama
B. Dan Quayle
C. Sarah Palin
D. George W. Bush
5) “The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice,
savings and inefficiencies to our health care system.”
A. Barack Obama
B. Dan Quayle
C. Sarah Palin
D. George W. Bush
6) “I bowled a 129. It’s like - it was like the Special Olympics, or something.”
A. Barack Obama
B. Dan Quayle
C. Sarah Palin
D. George W. Bush
7) “Of the many responsibilities granted to a president by our
Constitution, few are more serious or more consequential than
selecting a Supreme Court justice. The members of our highest court
are granted life tenure, often serving long after the presidents who
appointed them. And they are charged with the vital task of applying
principles put to paper more than 20 centuries ago to some of the most
difficult questions of our time.”
A. Barack Obama
B. Dan Quayle
C. Sarah Palin
D. George W. Bush
“Everybody knows that it makes no sense that you send a kid to the
emergency room for a treatable illness like asthma, they end up taking
up a hospital bed, it costs, when, if you, they just gave, you gave
them treatment early and they got some treatment, and a, a
breathalyzer, or inhalator, not a breathalyzer. I haven’t had much
sleep in the last 48 hours.”
A. Barack Obama
B. Dan Quayle
C. Sarah Palin
D. George W. Bush
9) “It was . interesting to see that political interaction in Europe
is not that different from the United States Senate. There’s a lot of
I don ‘t know what the term is in Austrian, wheeling and dealing.”
A. Barack Obama
B. Dan Quayle
C. Sarah Palin
D. George W. Bush
10) “I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good
judgments in the future.”
A. Barack Obama
B. Dan Quayle
C. Sarah Palin
D. George W. Bush
Sorry. This was a trick quiz. All of the correct answers are the
same person. Each of these quotes are directly from President Barack Obama.
And now you know why he brings his teleprompter with him everywhere he
goes …even when talking to a 6th grade class!!!
The National Cathedral in Washington D.C. sports a gargoyle of Darth Vader. Sculpted by Jay Hall Carpenter and carved by Patrick J. Plunkett, it’s the design of Christopher Rader of Kearney, Nebraska. Rader’s rendition of Vader was the third place winner of a children’s competition sponsored by the National Geographic World Magazine. Here’s the Proof.
NERF- You know, the toy? NERF is short for Non-Expanding Recreational Foam.
The United States Census has received thousands of forms in which people have claimed to be a alien race from Star Trek. The most popular race is Vulcan.
The fourth funnel of R.M.S. Titanic was fake. It was placed there for two reasons. Aesthetics was one reason. At the time it was a common belief that a ship with more funnels was a faster ship. Thus the fourth (fake) funnel gave an impression of innate speed. While not an actual funnel, the fourth funnel had piping to allow for the ventilation of ship’s cooking stoves.
We lived in Germany for a few years. That sounds so cool, but if you’re in the Air Force it’s really no biggie. We were stationed at Hahn Airbase in the Hunsruck. That’s a province in Germany that literally means “Dog’s Back”. Mainly farmland framed with really steep hills. Acres of barley, hops and wheat that goes into making that yummy German Beer.
So one day I was cheerfully playing with my F-16 when the Expeditor drives up. An Expeditor expedites stuff. Okay, he really drives back and forth making sure things get done. Jets get fixed, launched, recovered. Keeps track of who is working where. So anyway, John (the Expeditor) drives up to me and yells “GO HOME!!”
Me driving home.
I start packing up my tools and he shouts again (John never yells), “WE’LL GET THAT. GO HOME NOW!!!” Okay, okay. I get into the truck. He drives me directly to my car. I drive home.
We lived in off base housing in the village Rhaunen, about 20 klicks away. (that’s the cool way to say kilometers, no it’s not misspelled). This gave me time to wonder what the big deal is. I’m betting that the wife has another migraine and needs to go to the E.R. As I neared Rhaunen, I saw a pall of black smoke coming out of our little valley.
This is what I saw when I topped the hill.
“Oh Shit”, I thought, “our apartment caught fire.”
When I got to the housing area I counted three German Fire Companies and the Air Force one. A quick glance to see our apartment building was unscathed, WTH? White smoke and steam filled the air and before I could park, my wife walked up to the car.
“Brian won’t talk to any one until he talks to you. That’s what he said. Don’t be mad at him”.
Okay, seriously, what the fuck is going on?
Brian in front of our apartment in Rhaunen.
There was Brian (eight years old, or so) standing, arms crossed with a half a dozen firemen standing with him. There were also the Air Force Security Police and German Polizei (police). He starts talking but the Security Policeman suggests we take the conversation somewhere else.
In my living room, the Security Police read me MY rights. I’m thinking “Okay, but what the hell is going on?” At this point the wife thinks that I’m in trouble. Well, I am. I’m responsible for the action of my “Dependents” (Militaryspeak for “family”). That out of the way I turn to Brian. “Okay. What happened?”
He says that he was playing with some boys. They had matches and were taking turns seeing how long they could hold a burning match. He dropped his and the wheat field caught fire. Oh yeah the four acres of smoking wreckage right outside. Gotcha. The Security Police thanks me for my “statement” and advised me to get a German Lawyer.
I get a German lawyer, Herr Rhaunen. I have always thought that was cool. Herr Rhaunen who lives in Rhaunen. Yeah, his family had lived in the valley since the Middle Ages and got to name the village. Rechtsanwahlter is German for lawyer. A direct translation is “He who sees the Truth, or Right.” I pay him a hundred Marks to have him suggest we talk to the farmer. I don’t get to talk to him, Lawyer Rhaunen goes and talks to him. It turns out that the field had already been harvested and the farmer was going to burn it anyway. Nothing was damaged, so the farmer thanked me for helping out.
Huh?
That was Brian’s story and he stuck to it. Until 1998, when Brian came to see me in Las Vegas. Apparently it wasn’t the Truth, the Whole Truth and nothing but The Truth. It seems that Brian took the Rap for his Little Brother. Dear….Sweet…Little…..Timmy was the criminal. Yeah there were matches. Yeah there were boys from the neighborhood. Yeah, Brian was there too. Yeah they were playing “hold the match until it burns the shit out your finger”. But it was Timmy. Dear….Sweet…Little …Timmy who wielded the can of OFF insect repellant like a flame thrower. Which got out hand…literally and was dropped in that wonderfully harvested field of wheat.
Dear...Sweet...Little...Timmy on his Second-First Day of Kindergarten.
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30/03/2011 at 11:34
So the folks over at Twitter are doing #songsfor japan. It’s all touchy-feeley over there, let’s feel sorry for them and all that. I’m not saying don’t pray. You might even want to donate money. But I’m getting direct info from Tokyo and aside from blackouts, it’s not that bad. So in that spirit, here are some songs that seemed to have slipped through the twitter filter. (*= songs I picked) You Google them to hear them.
Okay, confession time. I’m a speed freak. Jets, drag racing, NASCAR. But especially Grand Prix or Indy Cars as they call it now a days. Where they race cars AND turn right AND actually use the brake and clutch. I know, I know…”But you can’t see the whole race”. But who does? You’re going to be in line for the Can when that career ending crash happens at NASCAR.
The In-laws thought I didn’t like NASCAR. But the X scored tickets and tossed me a seat for a truck race.
Daddy/Daughter Day. You may sigh now.
In the stands I lit up. They didn’t know you do the wave at the green flag. Duh., X said, “But I thought you hate NASCAR?”. “I hate to WATCH IT ON TV.” I replied. It’s like golf or soccer. Fun to be there but BORING to watch. Take me to the track where you can smell the fuel. Feel the noise. Oh yeah.
SO today it’s Indies at Saint Pete. They’re coming to Vegas 16 October. Oh yeah, I’m saving for tickets.
If you’re coming with me…..here’s some do’s and don’ts.
Prohibited Actions
Strict security measures have been put in place to ensure an enjoyable experience for all event guests. Violating these policies may warrant ejection or arrest
Abuse of intoxicants
Carrying food and drinks over bridges or track crossings
Disorderly conduct/fighting/profanity
Placing cups on walls
Running/jogging
Standing on grandstand seats
Standing or sitting in walkways, grandstand aisles, and ramps
Smoking in grandstands, suites, bridges, tunnel, or buildings
Spitting tobacco
Throwing or kicking objects
Please note that prostitution is Not Listed. Intoxicants? That is way inclusive. No booze, pot, Qualudes, spray paint or glue. Jeez Louise, why go?
Prohibited Items List
None of the listed prohibited items may be left in or around the gate area. We ask all patrons to leave any non-essential, prohibited items at home, or locked in the trunk of your vehicle. The following items are not permitted on the race site:
Audio/Video recording devices
Coolers
Folding chairs
Food and beverage
Frisbees, helium balloons, or inflatable items of any kind
Handbills or samples are not to be distributed or placed on the grounds without the expressed written pre-approval of the event organizers
Laptop computers
Large bags, including but not limited to: duffel and grocery bags, luggage
Laser lights and pointers
Motorcycles or off-road vehicles (including ATVs, ATCs, dune bug bicycles)
Pets (service animals excepted)
Skateboards, rollerblades, roller-skates, scooters, or bicycles
Skateboards are illegal everywhere so that’s a given. But pets? Come on. Inflatable items? Does that mean my girl friend stays home with my cat? Please note that guns and knives aren’t on the list. Hell yes!
Well… I’m going back to the race. SimonaDe Silvestro is currently in fourth place and Danica Patrick is back there in 12th.
Have I mentioned that I have two really cool scars? They are on my wrists. One is “Across the Road” and one is “Down the Street”. If you don’t know what I mean then you really haven’t planned your suicide lately. You might ask, “What’s this got to do with my Birthday”. Well, actually you ask, “What has this got to do with YOUR birthday”. But I’m being semantical (Is that even a word? Spell Check disagrees.)
March 21st, 1980 was my birthday. The Little Woman and I were living in Base Housing on George AFB. It was a busy time. Our Bundle Of Joy (Son #1) had popped out the month before. My parents had drove down from Marina to make sure he looked like me (I mean…share the Joy of the Blessed Event). Sorry.
Being an Only Child (I have never met my sister, but that’s another story). That means that when my Child Bride and My Parents start acting hinkey, it’s all about me. So if they get all sneaky so do I. I KNEW they were throwing me a Surprise Birthday Party. Wife and Dad doing Road Trips while Mom pinned me in their Motel Room (PINNED not nailed….pervs). I figured I’d intercept their plans. Most people go with the flow when they discover they are getting a Surprise Party. Not me. I decide to sneak into a bedroom window to surprise the Surprise.
Did I mention I was a klutz?
Cue the Mission Impossible music as I don’t go through the front door but sneak around to a bedroom window.Dunt,dunt da..da Dunt. Dunt.
As I tried to do the Window Trick and slide it open, it shattered. As it shattered my arms went through the window. I bled like a stuck pig. I was rushed to the E.R. for some Groovy Birthday Stitches. And dirty looks from the doctor as we tried to explain that I had not slashed my wrists.
Oh yeah…what was my Birthday Present for 1980? The one that had my wife and Dad sneaking around the town?
A crib.
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21/03/2011 at 09:16
So much for that Hopey/Changey Thing. On President Obama’s orders, U.S. Forces attacked Libya today in coordination with NATO forces. In an historic first FRENCH aircraft (Rafale and Mirage 2000) led the attack on Libyan air defenses. The British Royal Air Force attacked with Tornado Fighter Bombers. The Americans wussed out by firing 114 Tomahawk missiles (BGM-109C and RGM-109E). Pentagon spokesmen announced that U.S. Forces won’t use expensive stuff like F-22 Raptors or B-2 Spirits until it’s not so dangerous in Libyan air space.
“Everybody knows that it makes no sense that you send a kid to the
