Comments on: On two fronts http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/19/on-two-fronts/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:54:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BillT http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/19/on-two-fronts/comment-page-2/#comment-88786 BillT Sat, 23 Jun 2007 04:08:58 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/19/on-two-fronts/#comment-88786 Somebody mention "quagmire"? Sorry, but Gil and Jay K's verbal posturing sent me into flashback mode, back to 1970, when the Left was pushing the "We can't win in Vietnam" meme so often (and so *loudly*) that people back here actually believed it. Which confused the daylights out of me, because when I left the Delta, we were winning... Somebody mention “quagmire”?

Sorry, but Gil and Jay K’s verbal posturing sent me into flashback mode, back to 1970, when the Left was pushing the “We can’t win in Vietnam” meme so often (and so *loudly*) that people back here actually believed it.

Which confused the daylights out of me, because when I left the Delta, we were winning…

]]> By: Kris, in New England http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/19/on-two-fronts/comment-page-2/#comment-88580 Kris, in New England Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:58:11 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/19/on-two-fronts/#comment-88580 Um, wow. Skipped over this one somehow - kinda glad I did. Quite a few people here need to put a repetitive reminder on their personal calendars/iPods/Palm Pilots - "Take Meds NOW". There is a clear diagnosis for that pesky illness known as "Bush Derangement Syndrome" among us people. There is quite a bit of selective memory going on here, isn't there. Phew - glad that's over. Um, wow. Skipped over this one somehow – kinda glad I did. Quite a few people here need to put a repetitive reminder on their personal calendars/iPods/Palm Pilots – “Take Meds NOW”. There is a clear diagnosis for that pesky illness known as “Bush Derangement Syndrome” among us people. There is quite a bit of selective memory going on here, isn’t there.

Phew – glad that’s over.

]]> By: Snooper http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/19/on-two-fronts/comment-page-2/#comment-410347 Snooper Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:52:43 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/19/on-two-fronts/#comment-410347 <strong>From Spree...</strong> Iraq Embeds:Risking Life and Limb to Bring Us Truth In a followup to Snoopers original piece “Michael Yon’s…Be Not Afraid, here are few more thoughts and articles. Snooper has already mentioned Michael Yon’s.... From Spree…

Iraq Embeds:Risking Life and Limb to Bring Us Truth

In a followup to Snoopers original piece “Michael Yon’s…Be Not Afraid, here are few more thoughts and articles.
Snooper has already mentioned Michael Yon’s….

]]> By: unkawill http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/19/on-two-fronts/comment-page-2/#comment-88264 unkawill Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:26:36 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/19/on-two-fronts/#comment-88264 Gil says, "and idiots never believe they are idiots, and that? Gil says, “and idiots never believe they are idiots, and that?

]]> By: unkawill http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/19/on-two-fronts/comment-page-2/#comment-410318 unkawill Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:26:36 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/19/on-two-fronts/#comment-410318 Gil says, "and idiots never believe they are idiots, and that’s fine….. At the end of the day one can tell an idiot by who he/she follows, or by what he/she believes in…." I think he gets it. Gil says, “and idiots never believe they are idiots, and that’s fine….. At the end of the day one can tell an idiot by who he/she follows, or by what he/she believes in….”

I think he gets it.

]]> By: Chap http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/19/on-two-fronts/comment-page-2/#comment-88086 Chap Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:24:33 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/19/on-two-fronts/#comment-88086 Seems the commenter with no editing function doesn't understand how the United States works. I wonder for what country our little squeaky friend is actually claiming citizenship? If, of course, "citizenship" is a valid concept in our commenter's world. Everything being all <em>relative</em> and that. -- -- -- OT: Sh1fty, would you have once driven a K car with a leaky windshield washer fluid tank and a tendency to announce same at inopportune moments? Seems the commenter with no editing function doesn’t understand how the United States works. I wonder for what country our little squeaky friend is actually claiming citizenship?

If, of course, “citizenship” is a valid concept in our commenter’s world. Everything being all relative and that.

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OT: Sh1fty, would you have once driven a K car with a leaky windshield washer fluid tank and a tendency to announce same at inopportune moments?

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