tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14329968.post170446617868925385..comments2023-09-06T11:42:18.575-04:00Comments on Cajun Tiger's Rants and Raves: The Defeat CaucusCajun Tigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11987868619315688366noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14329968.post-78265535621030916372007-04-13T12:02:00.000-04:002007-04-13T12:02:00.000-04:00Ian...very easy to believe that everyone was as up...Ian...very easy to believe that everyone was as up on foreign affairs as we are, but you would be very mistaken. That's the challenge of being a political/news junkie is to realize we are in the minority and that the huge majority of folks have no clue what is going on. 60% of Americans can't name our VP and you think they new what was going on in a country they probably can still barely find Cajun Tigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11987868619315688366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14329968.post-19055557420395829372007-04-13T03:10:00.000-04:002007-04-13T03:10:00.000-04:00Greetings from Southern Iraq! In addition to serv...Greetings from Southern Iraq! In addition to serving proudly here, I am completing my Master's degree in criminal justice with a concentration in terrorism studies. I am writing a paper that compares the motivations of Timothy McVeigh's attack on the Murrah on OKC with discussion on where the next large domestic terrorist attack will come from in the U.S. I intend to show how the ever growing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14329968.post-20534977391191584182007-04-09T00:55:00.000-04:002007-04-09T00:55:00.000-04:009/11 didn't wake me up. I was pretty up on the Tal...9/11 didn't wake me up. I was pretty up on the Taliban and Osama bin Laden years before that disaster. In fact, I'm suspicious of anyone who says they were awakened on 9/11 or, even worse, have had their political beliefs shaped by it.<BR/><BR/>Even a casual observer is aware of what you're saying, CT: that the events of 9/11 were years in the making. When I hear someone say that the attack was aIan McGibboneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366756458018420005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14329968.post-88028496469633901632007-04-06T12:36:00.000-04:002007-04-06T12:36:00.000-04:00The only reason we felt safe before 9-11 b/c the h...The only reason we felt safe before 9-11 b/c the huge majority of Americans had no clue that whether we admitted it or not, we have been in a war against radicals since at least '79. 9-11 finally woke everyone up. It is so sad that so many have forgotten so quickly.<BR/><BR/>Southpaw...please tell me what will happen in Iraq and the region if we pull out our troops next year before Iraq is Cajun Tigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11987868619315688366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14329968.post-1786320729499687602007-04-04T15:19:00.000-04:002007-04-04T15:19:00.000-04:00you're right. You don't get it.you're right. You don't get it.The leftist southpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008393946417711298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14329968.post-56998488208044896552007-04-04T11:15:00.000-04:002007-04-04T11:15:00.000-04:00Simplistic works! Cliche Works! You are exactly ri...Simplistic works! Cliche Works! You are exactly right Leftist. Very simplistic commonssense goes a long way in this world. Too bad our government has abandoned it.<BR/><BR/>You felt pretty free before Iraq? Okay, I agree. But 9/11 changed our responsibility as a country both here at home and around the world.<BR/><BR/>But I agree with the other Anonymous who wrote in. There is no way to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14329968.post-26738986192422609382007-04-03T14:12:00.000-04:002007-04-03T14:12:00.000-04:00Why do yall continue to argue with Southpaw?? it's...Why do yall continue to argue with Southpaw?? it's a waste of time!! he believes what he believes just like you believe what you believe. Each of you is trying to be "right". Well give it up b/c when you argue with a fool, you become one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14329968.post-22719317776157036842007-04-03T12:44:00.000-04:002007-04-03T12:44:00.000-04:00"our" freedom?I felt pretty free before we invaded..."our" freedom?<BR/><BR/>I felt pretty free before we invaded Iraq. In fact, if anything, my freedoms were curtailed AFTER the invasion.<BR/><BR/>Try again. Your arguments are banal, simplistic, and cliche. I'm having fun with this.The leftist southpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008393946417711298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14329968.post-7909991498462860022007-04-03T10:13:00.000-04:002007-04-03T10:13:00.000-04:00Leftist...3,000+ killed fighting for our freedom i...Leftist...3,000+ killed fighting for our freedom is very, very sad but an unfortunate and necessary cost. Statiscally, it's nothing compared to what others in the past have paid for the freedom you are totally enjoying right now. if i wasan't too old, i would go to irag right now to fight and if my two young sons want to go, i will support them 100%. how many people are dying in our own Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14329968.post-80303574173408594602007-04-03T00:23:00.000-04:002007-04-03T00:23:00.000-04:00The whole thing is just sad and pathetic.The whole thing is just sad and pathetic.Dionnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05013166054883351020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14329968.post-88767674949073207112007-04-02T17:39:00.000-04:002007-04-02T17:39:00.000-04:00uh, sure. whatever you say...I oppose a war respo...uh, sure. whatever you say...<BR/><BR/>I oppose a war responsible for 3,000 plus dead americans and there's blood on MY hands?<BR/><BR/>well, rock me to sleep tonight...The leftist southpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008393946417711298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14329968.post-29923653023332666322007-04-02T16:28:00.000-04:002007-04-02T16:28:00.000-04:00It is a DEMOCRATIC utopia, we leave and it devolve...It is a DEMOCRATIC utopia, we leave and it devolves into a repeat of Southeast Asia. How many MILLIONS were slaughtered. How many will die this time around. Their blood is on YOUR hands, Southpaw.<BR/><BR/>-----------------------------<BR/><I>slaughtered after we leave? </I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14329968.post-53497592307862819312007-04-02T15:40:00.000-04:002007-04-02T15:40:00.000-04:00I'd be more than happy to go back as far as you li...I'd be more than happy to go back as far as you like and do a comparison. Then let's do the same thing in 5 years.Cajun Tigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11987868619315688366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14329968.post-70497697779232398472007-04-02T15:31:00.000-04:002007-04-02T15:31:00.000-04:00if you want to live in the past, I can bring up Te...if you want to live in the past, I can bring up Teapot Dome and Watergate. How's that?The leftist southpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008393946417711298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14329968.post-53648599853333199092007-04-02T13:29:00.000-04:002007-04-02T13:29:00.000-04:00Very convenient time to lose the "time machine" wh...Very convenient time to lose the "time machine" when this time is best for your argument.Cajun Tigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11987868619315688366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14329968.post-22368375211114508642007-04-02T12:39:00.000-04:002007-04-02T12:39:00.000-04:00sorry, my time machine is in the shop. What say w...sorry, my time machine is in the shop. What say we live in the now?<BR/><BR/>How many people currently in prison were members of the GOP in the 109th congress? I believe the answer is two, and Tom DeLay may not be far behind. How many dems? I believe zero.The leftist southpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008393946417711298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14329968.post-71761619925713626472007-04-02T12:29:00.000-04:002007-04-02T12:29:00.000-04:00You are correct in that I said both parties are gu...You are correct in that I said both parties are guilty of using pork to get members of their party to vote for a bill. However, never before has it been done at the expense of troops in the field or as a way to try and subvert the President's Constitutional authority. It is wrong in both cases and needs to be reformed, however the two don't even come close in the depravity of using it to stop Cajun Tigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11987868619315688366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14329968.post-65138366512692281922007-04-02T12:24:00.000-04:002007-04-02T12:24:00.000-04:00Southpaw...you've said a lot so let's see if we ca...Southpaw...you've said a lot so let's see if we can pull it all together.<BR/><BR/>If you think things are bad in Iraq now, you have no idea how bad it will get if we pull out. Millions will be slaughtered as the comparatively small civil unrest that is occuring now will turn in a country wide full out civil war that will result in the similar killing fields of Vietnam, Cambodia and Loas after Cajun Tigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11987868619315688366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14329968.post-15912526697482480112007-04-02T11:55:00.000-04:002007-04-02T11:55:00.000-04:00oops, I meant "CT", not "Southpaw"too early to be ...oops, I meant "CT", not "Southpaw"<BR/><BR/>too early to be blogging!The leftist southpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008393946417711298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14329968.post-23726595023634035642007-04-02T10:46:00.000-04:002007-04-02T10:46:00.000-04:00Southpaw, I though in a previous post you wrote th...Southpaw, I though in a previous post you wrote that bot parties are guilty of eating at the pork trough. Now it's just "unprincipled dems?"<BR/><BR/>How about some consistancy?<BR/><BR/>Speaking of unprincipled, how many Dems sworn into the 109th congress are currently in jail or under indictment? <BR/><BR/>(And don't give me your Rep. Jefferson crap, I said in jail or under indictment.)The leftist southpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008393946417711298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14329968.post-10520917106054104122007-04-02T10:42:00.000-04:002007-04-02T10:42:00.000-04:00oh really?more than "Do unto others what you would...oh really?<BR/><BR/>more than "Do unto others what you would have done unot yourself?"The leftist southpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008393946417711298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14329968.post-19333857523085969782007-04-02T08:05:00.000-04:002007-04-02T08:05:00.000-04:00I agree many in the GOP are scared too. We don't ...I agree many in the GOP are scared too. We don't have many heros like Samuel Adams and John Hancock and many of our other founding fathers who faced fear straight in the face for the cause of freedom.<BR/><BR/>And leftist, I know the enemy is all over the world, but many of them are in Iraq and the example we leave in Iraq will make a statement to terrorists all over the world. Unfortunately Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14329968.post-75056362554264803732007-04-01T20:39:00.000-04:002007-04-01T20:39:00.000-04:00PS- Iraq is not where "they" are. Go read a copy ...PS- Iraq is not where "they" are. Go read a copy of the 9/11 commission report and the Iraq study group report. "They" are in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Indonesia, UAE, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria, and a bunch of other places.The leftist southpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008393946417711298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14329968.post-73834474235174452082007-04-01T20:37:00.000-04:002007-04-01T20:37:00.000-04:00I don't think the GOP understands it all too well,...I don't think the GOP understands it all too well, either. This is an unconventional enemy fighting an unconventional war, and the current administration thinks it's a good idea to fight in a conventional style with conventional tactics.<BR/><BR/>Not too bright, on both ends of the aisle.The leftist southpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008393946417711298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14329968.post-51344972917469868852007-04-01T19:56:00.000-04:002007-04-01T19:56:00.000-04:00cajun tiger...i will be anonymous until i can regi...cajun tiger...i will be anonymous until i can register, but it was nice to visit with you at lunch last wednesday. thanks for the tour. my question is what do we do about the biggest problem our country faces in this age of terrorism? this problem is the fact the dems don't understand that we are fighting a war on terror at all. and even if they do, they have no clue on how to deal with it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com