it's hard to figure out OBAMA'S BIG TRADE. in sports they say which ever team ends up with the best player wins the trade regardless of how many players or draft picks exchange hands. in this one, obama gave up 5 alleged high ranking taliban operatives for one low ranking american soldier. it gets even more interesting when the fellow soldiers of sergeant bowe bergdahl accuse him of being a deserter and point out that 6 soldiers were killed as a result of him wandering off into the wilderness. call me stupid and hit me with a stick but i can't figure this one out.
i can only see one possible scenario that would justify this horrendous trade. maybe that sly fox obama had transmitters, homing devices and bombs shoved up the asses of the returning taliban operatives and the best is yet to come. or maybe the advanced torture methods of obama and his crew have turned the returning 5 into sleeper agents. more likely, obama got out of bed and said; fuck me, i haven't made headlines in the past week, pull off something big so i can make the talk show circuit and have the celebrity sycophants kiss my royal ass.
but here's something more interesting and fun to play with. an interactive map of OIL SHIPPED BY RAIL IN NORTH AMERICA. it's very intersting to enlarge an area and see the finer details of the railroad spurs.
i love you sons of bitches.
oh yeah, bill and and harry haven't been getting along recently and harry will no longer comment on bill's blog. but bill is a crafty devil and has come of with a plan to get harry back into the fold:
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Great map but since when does North America NOT include Mexico ?
Says, that mellon looks mighty tasty, grew it yourself?
I guess Mexico isn't relevant to the .....
Damn that Mellon looks good, wonder how I can gets me a big ole piece?
Hmmm.....
Yes, once again O'Bamas proves what a skillfully negotiator he ain't.
The whole deal smells; badly.
No doubt his long suffering parents are glad to have him back. Whatever is left of him that is.
I think Obama was just worried that the soldier would die and his parents would make a big hoo-hah. But I hope you're right about the homing devices!
As usual, I don't believe the official story.
Probably all six of them are employees of the U.S. government.
There's a red triangle near where I live, may it bring jobs and prosperity.
(Forgive me if I don't hold my breath.)
harry - good point on mexico, i guess they gave the good sense to ship their oil via pipeline.
gb - i'm sure you're right about obama's actions being driven by p.r. more than anything else. but it does seem like a one sided trade.
tex - yes, i'm sure there's more to this than meets the eye. perhaps the saudi royal family ordered it done.
We were talking about that at the bar at social hour this afternoon. We concluded that it isn't wise to get too close to anyone cuz the motherfuckers are going to die on you anyway.
Or you are going to die on them. Hobo is next, we don't expect him to last the week.
As for the political part of this post, I don't give a fuck, nothing I can do about any of that anyway.
Guess what...look like the chief of police (Bonners Ferry) will be renting the house next to ours.
Last neighbor were nice people. To bad they had to move into town. Because of his work at hospital.
Friday posting will be about our new neighbors
bill - i think you're going to need a bigger watermelon.
dora - i don't know if i'd want the police chief living next door and he probably wouldn't want me and ruby living next door either.
usual people don't stick around in the winter. Our road is one of the last one plowed.
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I live in pretty conservative political and religious area. What every Obama does wouldn't be right. Dam if he does...Dam if he doesn't
Idaho is trying to get the federal lands put into the state hand.
Plenty of oil tankers going though on Burlington Santa Fa. They want to expand in our area.
A lease the railroad pays a livable wage.
Nice looking watermelon. We plant muskmelon.
Billy, my friend, perhaps if you'd have served in the army, then you'd have seen what really goes on behind the scenes, mate. BBC news reported tonight that Obama said something like: "It's deals like this that help end wars." Take what you will from that!
To You & Yours, I Wish You a Happy & Peaceful 'Starry' Night!
Take Care & Stay Lucky!
Peace,
Steve...
dora - yes, the railroads pay a decent wage and that's a good thing but up here the railroads are laying off tons of staff as they reduce the the number of workers on each train.
bill - marijuana coffee, a fool and his money are soon parted.
farmer - perhaps if i served in the army i'd be a depressed drug addict claiming PTSD. but as a coast guard veteran; i'm happy as a clam, fit as a fiddle and smart as a whip.
Billy, ah, well, I'm glad to hear that you served your community honorably by risking your life being a coastguard. It's not everyone's cup-of-tea, and not everyone who wants to, and does participate in doing so. I take my hat off to you, sir! You risked your life to help and save others. Now, that is pure selfishness and true bravery.
And, aye, Captain, you're most surely happy as a clam, fit-as-a-fiddle, and for sure, smart as a whip! :-P
To You & Yours, I Wish You a Happy & Peaceful 'Starry' Night!
Peace,
Steve...
i'm giving you the benefit out the doubt and assuming you meant selflessness rather than selfishness.
Hey you I am back. Gave up Facebook.So happy you are still here!
welcome back nancy!
make yourself at home, the water is warm and there's plenty to eat.
Yeah, my fuck-up, above, BP. England 4-3 Canada! :-P
Take Care & Stay Lucky!
Peace,
FG, always glad to help...
Anyone know the way to Amerilo, and if so, got a map I could borrow for a while. Thanx in advance.
Take Care & Stay Lucky!
Peace,
Jesus...
I'm happy Bowe Bergdahl is free but I don't know if the price was right especially after the recent comments by the Taliban saying they are going to do some more kidnappings. I do hope they did shove some bugs up those released guy's butt holes so we can track them. I was also a little pissed that Obama said we leave no man behind in his PR speech but 22 vets every day are committing suicide.
One of the problems with Obama being in charge of the military is that he has never served in it. His experience is a flat line and though he does have milatary advicers... He has a personality quark that keeps him needing to prove that he doesn't have to listen to anyone. I can only conclude that you are right, that he wanted a big headline and did not bother to think it through.
Shife is also right that he has left plenty of men behind, and our VA medical care is horrific.
The man had a stroke over a year ago and since switching to the VA six months ago... they will not allow him to see a doctor about his stroke recovery, because he has not gotten worse. WTF?
We have a boy who is a Staff Sgt. in the Coast Guard currently. The US Coast Guard used to stay home on our shores, since everyone made fun of Bush being in the Coast Guard, they have gotten the priviledge of being the first to go out of country to battle.
Oh and Gorilla Bananas is right too... his parents would have raised the roof if he had been killed. I guess it's no win.
But the military is investigating and he hopefully will get his day in court if he did desert and cost his company lives. To desert in time of war is treason and punishable by death. Maybe he and Obama will find that his being traded to come home was not so great.
mr shife - i'm sure that after 5 years of pleasant conversations at gitmo, the 5 released gentlemen will become ambassadors of peace.
silly - after being a prisoner of the taliban for all those years i'm sure bowe has a lot of stories to tell. i just read that he hasn't spoke to his father since being released. that seems very odd.
For the record, Chimpy Mc Staggers never served in the Coast Guard. He preferred to hide out in the Texas and Alabama Air National Gaurd.
pilgrim, I know you don't believe everything you read; or do you?
As I recall, he didn't even hang out in the National Guard anymore than he had to.
I grew up in railroad family. My dad side done it for generation.
Seem like the military has it own set of rules, right or wrong.
I know I wouldn't do well in military.
Did they handle the Bowe Bergdahl right or not. Who knows.
They going to be someone grumbling about something in life.
Guamatanamo is anther issue, Only people I understand they hold there is mainly Middle eastern Islam.
I would say it isn't base on religious prejudice.
If they toss some Evangelical (evil geniality) crackers in there.
Plenty of Christian terrorist. They go around blow up abortion clinic
harry - i believe everything that agrees with my position. if it doesn't agree with me, must be fiction.
bill - but he could ride a bike like ringing a bell. word on the street is you can't ride a mountain bike for sour apples.
dora - excellent point on the abortion clinics.
"word on the street is you can't ride a mountain bike for sour apples."
True, dat.
I'll quote myself from Joe Cannon's joint a week ago re: the great spy swap--
"Good post. I'll offer a thought on a related subject: why five prisoners? Well, if you send one back and he's working for the US, then the mole's identity is obvious. You have to send at least three to give your guy some cover. Send five-- now you're covering for two moles.
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