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by Tim F|  June 12, 20073:32 pm| 28 Comments

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  1. 1.

    ThymeZone

    June 12, 2007 at 3:37 pm

    Jesus is lord.

  2. 2.

    Tom

    June 12, 2007 at 3:38 pm

    Where is Bush’s watch?

  3. 3.

    cleek

    June 12, 2007 at 3:44 pm

    Where is Bush’s watch?

    up Christopher Walken’s ass

  4. 4.

    Zombie Santa Claus

    June 12, 2007 at 4:12 pm

    Jesus is lord.

    Lord of the yard, anyway.

  5. 5.

    Rome Again

    June 12, 2007 at 4:14 pm

    Lord of the dirty little devils. ;)

  6. 6.

    Teak111

    June 12, 2007 at 4:23 pm

    Interesting slang from Iraq. My fav, The Battle Rattle, 50 lbs of military uni and gear.

  7. 7.

    The Other Steve

    June 12, 2007 at 4:24 pm

    DEATH TO AL ROKER!

    Why is he still on the air after offending literally dozens of Imus fans?

  8. 8.

    Teak111

    June 12, 2007 at 4:27 pm

    List of Iraq slang, probably out of date.

  9. 9.

    Jeff

    June 12, 2007 at 4:31 pm

    Al Roker? You mean the coach of the Cavs?

  10. 10.

    Dreggas

    June 12, 2007 at 4:57 pm

    One day two Irishmen
    were digging in a ditch.
    One called the other one a
    dirty son-of-a…

    Peter Merfer had a dog
    and what a fine dog was he
    he gave him to a lady to
    keep her company. She fed
    it, she fed it, she fed it upon
    the junt. Then one day it turned
    around and bit her on the…

    Country boy from germany
    was sitting upon a rock. When
    along came a bumble bee and stung
    him on his….

    Cocktail, cocktail 5 cents
    a glass, if you don’t care
    just stick it up your…

    Ask me no questions,
    I’ll tell you no lies.
    If you get hit with a bucket
    of shit be sure to close your eyes.

  11. 11.

    Jake

    June 12, 2007 at 5:24 pm

    On the one hand, this guy pisses me off.

    On the other … I think he’s a prick.

    A harmless one with just one “head” (sorry) in his collection – Dan “Don’t make fun of my last name damn it” Gurley – but still a prick.

    No, I can’t explain it.

  12. 12.

    Rome Again

    June 12, 2007 at 6:19 pm

    One day two Irishmen
    were digging in a ditch.
    One called the other one a
    dirty son-of-a…

    Peter Merfer had a dog
    and what a fine dog was he
    he gave him to a lady to
    keep her company. She fed
    it, she fed it, she fed it upon
    the junt. Then one day it turned
    around and bit her on the…

    Country boy from germany
    was sitting upon a rock. When
    along came a bumble bee and stung
    him on his….

    Cocktail, cocktail 5 cents
    a glass, if you don’t care
    just stick it up your…

    Ask me no questions,
    I’ll tell you no lies.
    If you get hit with a bucket
    of shit be sure to close your eyes.

    Dammit, where the hell is Miss Lulu? She had a steamboat I heard.

    She’s missing, should someone go find her?

  13. 13.

    Tsulagi

    June 12, 2007 at 6:36 pm

    You know, Tim, John, you should invite some of the little RedState boys over. To get that brilliant POV that only “special” operators within the fighting 28%er Short Bus Brigades can provide. It’s been missing lately.

    Darrel may have succumbed to the terrorists, but I’m sure General Short Pants over at RS could ably fill in seeing this in one of current posts…

    It used to be that the Democrats just called our troops Nazis on the floor on the Senate.

    …So, let me get this straight. After spending two years attacking our troops as nazis, monsters, and human rights violators,…stroke, stroke, stroke.

    While there can be only one Darrel, you need another village idiot.

  14. 14.

    Pooh

    June 12, 2007 at 7:27 pm

    Right, it’s the dems who politicize the troops *cough*missionaccomplished*cough*

  15. 15.

    chopper

    June 12, 2007 at 7:30 pm

    any gardeners up in this piece?

    if so, how’s yer season so far?

  16. 16.

    Wilfred

    June 12, 2007 at 7:41 pm

    Mr. Wizard (Don Herbert) died. I’d get up really early to watch Crusader Rabbit and Beany and Cecil before he came on to teach us all the cool shit we never learned in school. I made my little kid a volcano using vinegar and baking soda just like he did and all her friends sat in wonder. RIP.

  17. 17.

    Ross

    June 12, 2007 at 7:54 pm

    Go Cavs!

    I hope they can muster up more performance from last game’s 4th quarter to give a home court win tonight.

  18. 18.

    Andrew

    June 12, 2007 at 9:40 pm

    Wish me luck, boys. I’m getting season 2 disc 1 of the Wire tomorrow. I assume it will be the best thing ever because I don’t think I could live with the disappointment of anything less.

  19. 19.

    Dave

    June 13, 2007 at 12:44 am

    I have nothing to add…so here are some clips from one of the best shows ever.

    At least I think it still holds up.

  20. 20.

    Bruce Moomaw

    June 13, 2007 at 1:30 am

    So, what about that Paris Hilton?

  21. 21.

    jake

    June 13, 2007 at 7:53 am

    So, what about that Paris Hilton?

    I’m starting to think the jokes about her running for President might be prophecies. House Matey informs me she is now saying her jail sentence is a message from God.

    Watch for a ghost written waste of trees book in the far-too-near future.

  22. 22.

    Punchy

    June 13, 2007 at 8:00 am

    I made my little kid a volcano using vinegar and baking soda

    Dammit. Acetic acid and baking soda, NOT ammonia and bleach. Sonnaofbitch. So stoooooopid….What’s the number for 911?

  23. 23.

    Rusty Shackleford

    June 13, 2007 at 8:01 am

    War Takes Up Less Time on Fox News

    “If Fox’s audience is dominated by Republicans who are disgusted about hearing bad news on Iraq, it would stand to reason that you’d want to feed them less of it. Bill O’Reilly touched upon that idea on the air one night last December, telling viewers that the lowest-rated segment of his show the previous night was when Iraq was discussed. Ratings jumped at talk about Britney Spears, he said.

    The danger is whether those concerns eat away at journalistic credibility.

    They’re a news network, said CNN’s Klein, ”so it is surprising that they’re not covering the biggest story in the country and the world.”

    The Project for Excellence in Journalism steered clear of questions about what its findings proved. ”We just wanted to tell people that it does make a difference where you go for the news,” said the group’s Mark Jurkowitz.

    So with less on-air attention being paid to Iraq during the first few months of the year, what filled the void for Fox? PEJ’s report said the network gave the death of Anna Nicole Smith significantly more air time than its rivals.”

    Why doesn’t FOX News fill the gap in their war coverage with all the good news coming out of Iraq? They have that niche all to themselves because the BDS afflicted islamocommuabortofemifascists in the MSM would never show anything good that the Bush Administration does.

  24. 24.

    Punchy

    June 13, 2007 at 8:08 am

    So, what about that Paris Hilton?

    They said on the radio yesterday, that in response to a $500K bounty by Enquirer for a pic of PH in her pokie PJs, some chick inmate managed to cooch a cell phone (ouch?) past the guards and fire off two pics of her before her phone was….uh…snatched. Here’s betting the phone was left on vibrate.

    Sounds like a fun prison to me.

  25. 25.

    The Other Steve

    June 13, 2007 at 8:39 am

    War Takes Up Less Time on Fox News

    What war?

  26. 26.

    chopper

    June 13, 2007 at 9:15 am

    What’s the number for 911?

    Cheif Wiggum: (picks up phone) Naw, you got the wrong number, this is 91…2.

  27. 27.

    Zifnab

    June 13, 2007 at 9:27 am

    Presidential!

    I love you Daily Kos

  28. 28.

    Pb

    June 13, 2007 at 11:30 am

    They’re a news network, said CNN’s Klein

    Wrong.

    ‘’so it is surprising that they’re not covering the biggest story in the country and the world.’’

    Wrong again. Next I suppose you’ll be telling me that CNN is a ‘news network‘ too?

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