Apparently Rocket Jones heard about my reputation as a cheerleader and asked me to cheer him on in his fantasy football league. Normally I try to stick to war cheerleading, but I can lend Rocket a hand, I suppose.

I'll warn you, Rocket. When I was a middle school cheerleader, I used to do this thing where I'd backflip the name of our team (F-L-Y-E-R-S...yes, I went to Charles A. Lindbergh Middle School). Once, during a particularly heated basketball game, I attempted to stick a full flip on the end of Flyers; I ended up flat on my face in front of the whole school. Are you sure that's the kind of support you want?

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1 Everyone, including cheerleading squads, can use a little armor support.

Posted by: Ted at July 23, 2004 08:05 AM (blNMI)

2 Tee-hee. :-)

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Oh. Good. Lord.
I laughed so hard...
Mama, you'll like this one.

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I'm doing my own Thurlsday with two tasteless links. Yes, I said they're tasteless. But they're funny, and what we need after reading serious articles about how someone "inadvertantly shoved documents in his pants and socks" is more funny. So I bring you...

The Wacky Iraqi
This is how bitter and crass the Onion would be if he were deployed. My favorite is the car that runs on blood.

Abu Ghraibing
Boy have I struggled over whether I should link to this or not. I doubted the validity of a poll once and got 2000 hits from people who thought I was pure evil; linking to a site making fun of Abu Ghraib could get me in some really hot water. But it sure is funny.

And we could all use more funny, right?

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Snicker. Muckadoos.

Thanks, OkieMinnie.

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I got an email spam today whose subject line still has me reeling: "fire hydrant gonads".
What on earth is that supposed to mean?

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Oh my goodness. I watched This Land! (at LGF's urging) and laughed my fool head off the whole time. You must go see it too.

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Quote of the Day:

Our overworked teachers are finding it increasingly difficult to teach 30 kids, raise a family of their own, attend union meetings, engage in activist causes, and have sex with their students.

Hilarious. BlameBush! cracks me up.

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Hey, isn't this cute. Bos put me up for the War Cheerleader Hall of Fame. Being called "war cheerleader" I can handle; being called "fraulein" pisses me off. By the way, dude, Fräulein needs an umlaut and should be capitalized, plus I'm married, so I'm technically a Frau. But whatever, no need to cloud the award with, you know, correct grammar. Sounds like I'm the only cheerleader in the Hall of Fame; what an honor. A Hall of Fame, all for me.

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1 -- Being called "war cheerleader" I can handle; being called "fraulein" pisses me off. -- NEVER tell 'em what pisses you off, dear. That's strategic intelligence of high value. There's nothing the uncivil Left likes better than getting conservatives so angry they flub their lines and stop making sense.

Posted by: Francis W. Porretto at July 09, 2004 02:35 PM (MzH7h)

2 If you're wondering what this is about, just ask the Raging Faggot. It went like this: Eric, I really bet the FBI is going to go to high warble because someone "supposedly" spammed Raging Dork's blog. Like they'd fucking care! That's the stupidest thing I've heard in a long while. But thanks for the laugh! I've done a little research and found something the FBI, the CIA , and even the local authorities ACTUALLY WOULD be interested in. Somebody, ahem, has made a threat on John Kerry's life. Somebody we all know has a made a threat on a Presidential Candidate. Your big fucking mouth really gets you and this blog in a lot of trouble doesn't it Raging Hemorrhoid? You really are your own worst enemy aren't you? http://www.softgreenglow.com/mt/archives/003226.html KETCHUM, Idaho – Presumptive Democratic nominee John Kerry plans a muted presence in Idaho’s star-studded Sun Valley for the next six days, attempting a break before what will surely be a grueling battle for the presidency. "What? THAT MOTHERFUCKER WAS THERE?!??! G-D DAMMIT, I EVEN HAD MY 30-06!!!! YOU SHOULD HAVE CALLED ME!" Posted by: Raging Dave at March 22, 2004 01:46 PM Wow. Since we're on the subject of reporting people, this puts me in a tough spot. It's my civic duty to report potential attacks on the next President of the United States. Leaning Left | Email | 07.05.04 - 7:55 pm | #

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3 Hmm but what does it make him? The War towelboy? waterboy? pissbucket boy (Mel brooks ? Or better yet.. someone who goes to all the raiders games and always cheers the visiting team

Posted by: LarryConley at July 09, 2004 07:13 PM (2cE9S)

4 Obviously my mind is not entirely focused on what I'm reading. I clicked the link and my eyes are now burning from what I read. Ouch. Ouch. I don't know what to say. Other than "congratulations"? Is that appropriate? I think so, since obviously what you're saying is pushing what ever buttons they have to be pushed. Personally, I'm proud of you! I think what you're putting up here is important. Even the stuff about your friends dog does important things - it makes people smile. oh yeah - and can I say this (just once)? - assholes.

Posted by: Tammi at July 09, 2004 10:26 PM (Xm18O)

5 Curious..... Sometimes the internet is just way to weird even for a freak like me.

Posted by: John at July 09, 2004 10:40 PM (+Ysxp)

6 I picture the author of that site as a deformed, troll-like creature sitting in the corner of a darkened room in an underground bunker, surrounded by several racks of stylish tinfoil hats and "Buck Fush" bumper stickers.

Posted by: CD at July 09, 2004 11:54 PM (f97u+)

7 How is this for a title? The War Wanker. I think it sings.

Posted by: Cerberus at July 10, 2004 03:01 PM (fMjrw)

8 It goes along well with CD's vision of it sitting in a dark corner in some dank hole in the ground, doing what War Wankers do.

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9 Hi All ! Anybody have SP2 XP ? PS: Help me test my new meta-search system http://globalwebbrain.com/database/87000/ .Thanks.Direct - globalwebbrain .Thanks

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10 >Spyware Removal - Net Cop - Spyware Removal

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I read something recently about how the Left's obsession with naked protest is a sign we're from different planets; I can't paraphrase it right now because I can't remember where I read it. (If you know what I'm talking about and can help me with a link, I'd appreciate it. I found this instead, which is good but not what I was looking for.) I thought it was funny when I read it, but then I saw something today that I know comes from another planet.

Cerberus managed to dig up a mind-boggling article about a concert in Norway where two people came on stage and...we're not making this up...had sex in order to save the rainforest. (Be warned, the link has dirty photos.) If that is not the most absurd thing you've ever heard, I don't know what is. Turns out they belong to an "organization":

The young couple, Tommy Hol Ellingsen, age 28, and Leona Johansson, age 21, are members of the environmental organization "F*ck for Forest." They have sex in public in order to put focus on the rainforest.

"TodayÂ’s environmentalists have become more politicians than idealists," Ellingsen said to TV 2 Nettavisen. "We want to bring forth the message with attitude."

According to the organizationÂ’s website, "'F*ck for forest' are concerned youngsters, fighting to preserve the environment. We believe it is possible to use peopleÂ’s need for sexuality as a way to raise money for nature."

Hahahahaha. And it gets even better: the Rainforest Foundation Norway doesn't want to accept their dirty money, even though their little sex shows have raised close to $14,000.

Oh my goodness, I couldn't laugh harder. Thanks, Cerberus.

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Bad guys: 1
Good guys : 0
Thanks, Michael Moore.

MORE TO GROK:

It's interesting that Bubba wrote "I resent that some will be willing to call me 'traitor' when they haven't served one fricking minute, but that is life I suppose" because my students and I were discussing that very idea last night.

We were discussing logical fallacies, and one of the examples of begging the question was "If you haven't written short stories, you shouldn't be criticizing them." I asked my active duty students if they thought that the same idea applied to soldiering was also begging the question.

They started talking about how criticism of the war doesn't really bother them, unless it's mission specific (e.g. you should have done this differently in Fallujah) and the speaker has no military background. They said that general criticism doesn't matter much to them. I then asked about the flipside: chickenhawks. They laughed and said that sometimes it's irritating to hear people be overly hooah when they don't actually have to pick up the rifle and head down there. One student said it's especially annoying to hear Congress do this. Nonetheless, they seemed to agree that this still fell under the begging the question fallacy.

In class, I preface everything I say with the general disclaimer "I've never been in the military, but from my point of view...". I don't want to be seen as one of those irritating hooah people, though I've sorta earned the right seeing as my own husband's life is at stake. And if I could click my heels together and have already been through basic training, I'd go down there in a heartbeat; the problem is the getting there. If I enlisted today, it would be a long road to war, and my schedule would not match up with my husband's. I am perfectly content to have a military family, but a dual-military family includes headaches I'm not sure I want to face. Right now there are too many couples who won't see each other for four years because of alternating deployment rotations, and I don't want to put my family in that position. Thus I remain hooah from the sidelines.

Anyway...begging the question? I don't know. My students seemed to say yes.

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