Stupid Traveling Mistake

not the moderator wrote:
Brent Cross wrote:
On 4 Nov, 17:28, Marsha wrote:
Colin Dale wrote:
On 4 Nov, 16:44, javawizard wrote:
If you have made any amusing mistakes while traveling, or know of
an interesting traveling mistake, it might make a great addition
towww.stupid-mistakes.com Take care!
- Jeff
well..... some people over the Atlantic elected an Arsehole to run
they're country.
He and his friends thought it would be a good idea to invade Iraq
on the pretext of looking for WMD (although they really wanted the
oil). Then they're leader said that they had won the war, and
everybody cheered.
Years later they are still there getting there dumb brains blown
out. Thats pretty stooooooooooooooopid.
Speaking of stooooopid, do you know the difference
between they're, their, and there?

Marsha/Ohio

er....no, but I wood like two....

You're lucky you're not writing in German. Pretty soon you'll be
required to write in Arabic or Pakistani.

That will happen soon enough if lefty traitors around the world continue to give moral support to
terrorists and other anti-democratic insurgents.

Maida Vale wrote:
On 4 Nov, 20:31, Yukon wrote:
On Nov 4, 10:28 am, Marsha wrote:



Years later they are still there getting there dumb brains blown
out.

Thats pretty stooooooooooooooopid.

Speaking of stooooopid, do you know the difference
between they're, their, and there?

Marsha/Ohio- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Very good comment! That is usually a good measurement of stupid. :-)
y

and not forgettin vietnam, that was also very stoooooopid....

Self-styled experts like you who support terrorism and insurgency will be directly responsible in North
America becomes ruled by some 3rd rate Asian powers.

All CREDIBLE leaders in Europe have SUPPORTED Coalition efforts in Iraq,
by the way. Amazing how a bunch
of left-wing LIARS in Europe, who couldn't even win WWII by themselves,
fancy themselves SO knowledgeable
about OTHER nation's affairs.


Have a read of this review of a recently published book, thicko.

Espionage

Inventing the dots
Nov 1st 2007
From The Economist print edition

THIS is a book you can imagine Alec Leamas, the miserable spook hero of "The
Spy Who Came In From the Cold", enjoying on the number 11 bus back to his
dingy Hammersmith flat. "What do you think spies a priests, saints,
martyrs?" Leamas famously snarled. "They're a squalid procession of vain
fools, traitors too, yes; pansies, sadists and drunkards, people who play
cowboys and Indians to brighten their rotten lives."

Plus ça change, apparently. "Curveball" offers a squalid and up-to-date
procession of real-life fools, traitors and game-players seeking to brighten
their rotten lives. Principal among them is an Iraqi chemical engineer who
pitched up in Germany without a visa in 1999. He asked for political asylum
and knew that he would greatly improve his chances of getting it if he could
make himself interesting to the intelligence services. Which he did. Before
long he had their rapt attention, as well as his own code name, Curveball.

Bob Drogin, a reporter on the Los Angeles Times, relates how over the next
couple of years Curveball impressed his interrogators with his detailed
knowledge of Iraq's chemical and biological weapons programmes. He spoke at
length of such things as mobile laboratories that were being used to cook up
lethal bugs. The Americans were desperate to have a look at him too. But the
Germans fobbed off their rivals with transcripts and reports, blocking
direct access to their prize informer.

Nevertheless, Curveball's story became an important part of the American
government's case for invading Iraq. Information taken from his testimony
cropped up in the National Intelligence Estimate of October 2002 (which
maintained with "high confidence" that Iraq had chemical and biological
weapons); in George Bush's state-of-the-union message in January 2003 (which
included a reference to "mobile weapons labs designed to produce
germ-warfare agents"); and in Colin Powell's presentation to the UN the
following month (which featured computer-generated images of those mobile
weapons labs, based on descriptions and drawings by Curveball).

But it was all rubbish. Curveball was a low-level drone and borderline
nutcase with a gift for telling people what they wanted to hear. In the
run-up to the war-despite the doubts expressed by some experts about
Curveball's reliability-nobody bothered to check out his story properly. It
was not until 2004, a year after the invasion of Iraq, that the CIA admitted
that Curveball had foxed them. He "appears to be fabricating in this stream
of reporting", the burn notice read.

Mr Drogin points out that, in the aftermath of September 11th 2001, critics
lambasted American intelligence for failing to "connect the dots that might
have prevented the terrorist attacks". What makes the Curveball case so
dreadful, he reckons, is that this time they simply invented the dots. "If
Curveball fused fact and fiction, others twisted and magnified his account
in grotesque ways," he concludes. "Time and again, bureaucratic rivalries,
tawdry ambitions and spineless leadership proved more important than
professional integrity." You can just about hear old Alec Leamas muttering
"Told you so."

On 4 Nov, 20:42, Lone Haranguer wrote:
Maida Vale wrote:
On 4 Nov, 20:31, Yukon wrote:
On Nov 4, 10:28 am, Marsha wrote:

Years later they are still there getting there dumb brains blown out.
Thats pretty stooooooooooooooopid.
Speaking of stooooopid, do you know the difference
between they're, their, and there?
Marsha/Ohio- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
Very good comment! That is usually a good measurement of stupid. :-)
y

and not forgettin vietnam, that was also very stoooooopid....

Korea too, unless you happen to be a South Korean.
LZ

didnt M.A.S.H. teach u anything ??

On 5 Nov, 07:04, "sharx35" wrote:
not the moderator wrote:
Brent Cross wrote:
On 4 Nov, 17:28, Marsha wrote:
Colin Dale wrote:
On 4 Nov, 16:44, javawizard wrote:
If you have made any amusing mistakes while traveling, or know of
an interesting traveling mistake, it might make a great addition
towww.stupid-mistakes.comTake care!
- Jeff
well..... some people over the Atlantic elected an Arsehole to run
they're country.
He and his friends thought it would be a good idea to invade Iraq
on the pretext of looking for WMD (although they really wanted the
oil). Then they're leader said that they had won the war, and
everybody cheered.
Years later they are still there getting there dumb brains blown
out. Thats pretty stooooooooooooooopid.
Speaking of stooooopid, do you know the difference
between they're, their, and there?

Marsha/Ohio

er....no, but I wood like two....

You're lucky you're not writing in German. Pretty soon you'll be
required to write in Arabic or Pakistani.

That will happen soon enough if lefty traitors around the world continue to give moral support to
terrorists and other anti-democratic insurgents.

seems the righty traitors have already got you.....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7070935.stm

Yukon wrote:
On Nov 4, 10:28 am, Marsha wrote:
Years later they are still there getting there dumb brains blown out.
Thats pretty stooooooooooooooopid.
Speaking of stooooopid, do you know the difference
between they're, their, and there?

Marsha/Ohio- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Very good comment! That is usually a good measurement of stupid. :-)
y



Hi Yuke.. long time no see..

been staying out of jail??

--
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http:coltonmotorexpress.blogspot.com/

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PhredBear wrote:
All CREDIBLE leaders in Europe have SUPPORTED Coalition efforts in
Iraq, by the way. Amazing how a bunch
of left-wing LIARS in Europe, who couldn't even win WWII by
themselves, fancy themselves SO knowledgeable
about OTHER nation's affairs.


Have a read of this review of a recently published book, thicko.

Espionage

Inventing the dots
Nov 1st 2007
From The Economist print edition

The Economist....home of MANY left-wing loonies.



THIS is a book you can imagine Alec Leamas, the miserable spook hero
of "The Spy Who Came In From the Cold", enjoying on the number 11 bus
back to his dingy Hammersmith flat. "What do you think spies a
priests, saints, martyrs?" Leamas famously snarled. "They're a
squalid procession of vain fools, traitors too, yes; pansies, sadists
and drunkards, people who play cowboys and Indians to brighten their
rotten lives."
Plus ça change, apparently. "Curveball" offers a squalid and
up-to-date procession of real-life fools, traitors and game-players
seeking to brighten their rotten lives. Principal among them is an
Iraqi chemical engineer who pitched up in Germany without a visa in
1999. He asked for political asylum and knew that he would greatly
improve his chances of getting it if he could make himself
interesting to the intelligence services. Which he did. Before long
he had their rapt attention, as well as his own code name, Curveball.
Bob Drogin, a reporter on the Los Angeles Times, relates how over the
next couple of years Curveball impressed his interrogators with his
detailed knowledge of Iraq's chemical and biological weapons
programmes. He spoke at length of such things as mobile laboratories
that were being used to cook up lethal bugs. The Americans were
desperate to have a look at him too. But the Germans fobbed off their
rivals with transcripts and reports, blocking direct access to their
prize informer.
Nevertheless, Curveball's story became an important part of the
American government's case for invading Iraq. Information taken from
his testimony cropped up in the National Intelligence Estimate of
October 2002 (which maintained with "high confidence" that Iraq had
chemical and biological weapons); in George Bush's state-of-the-union
message in January 2003 (which included a reference to "mobile
weapons labs designed to produce germ-warfare agents"); and in Colin
Powell's presentation to the UN the following month (which featured
computer-generated images of those mobile weapons labs, based on
descriptions and drawings by Curveball).
But it was all rubbish. Curveball was a low-level drone and borderline
nutcase with a gift for telling people what they wanted to hear. In
the run-up to the war-despite the doubts expressed by some experts
about Curveball's reliability-nobody bothered to check out his story
properly. It was not until 2004, a year after the invasion of Iraq,
that the CIA admitted that Curveball had foxed them. He "appears to
be fabricating in this stream of reporting", the burn notice read.

Mr Drogin points out that, in the aftermath of September 11th 2001,
critics lambasted American intelligence for failing to "connect the
dots that might have prevented the terrorist attacks". What makes the
Curveball case so dreadful, he reckons, is that this time they simply
invented the dots. "If Curveball fused fact and fiction, others
twisted and magnified his account in grotesque ways," he concludes.
"Time and again, bureaucratic rivalries, tawdry ambitions and
spineless leadership proved more important than professional
integrity." You can just about hear old Alec Leamas muttering "Told
you so."

Maida Vale wrote:
On 4 Nov, 20:42, Lone Haranguer wrote:
Maida Vale wrote:
On 4 Nov, 20:31, Yukon wrote:
On Nov 4, 10:28 am, Marsha wrote:

Years later they are still there getting there dumb brains blown
out. Thats pretty stooooooooooooooopid.
Speaking of stooooopid, do you know the difference
between they're, their, and there?
Marsha/Ohio- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
Very good comment! That is usually a good measurement of stupid.
:-) y

and not forgettin vietnam, that was also very stoooooopid....

Korea too, unless you happen to be a South Korean.
LZ

didnt M.A.S.H. teach u anything ??

MASH is a ****ing TELEVISION SHOW, ***NOT*** a ****ing documentary.

"Maida Vale" wrote in message
ups.com...
On 5 Nov, 07:04, "sharx35" wrote:
not the moderator wrote:
Brent Cross wrote:
On 4 Nov, 17:28, Marsha wrote:
Colin Dale wrote:
On 4 Nov, 16:44, javawizard wrote:
If you have made any amusing mistakes while traveling, or know of
an interesting traveling mistake, it might make a great addition
towww.stupid-mistakes.comTake care!
- Jeff
well..... some people over the Atlantic elected an Arsehole to run
they're country.
He and his friends thought it would be a good idea to invade Iraq
on the pretext of looking for WMD (although they really wanted the
oil). Then they're leader said that they had won the war, and
everybody cheered.
Years later they are still there getting there dumb brains blown
out. Thats pretty stooooooooooooooopid.
Speaking of stooooopid, do you know the difference
between they're, their, and there?

Marsha/Ohio

er....no, but I wood like two....

You're lucky you're not writing in German. Pretty soon you'll be
required to write in Arabic or Pakistani.

That will happen soon enough if lefty traitors around the world continue
to give moral support to
terrorists and other anti-democratic insurgents.

seems the righty traitors have already got you.....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7070935.stm


Their economy is stuffed...

Even the airheads know it...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7078612.stm


--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

PhredBear wrote:

A review of hindsight. Too little, too late.

All CREDIBLE leaders in Europe have SUPPORTED Coalition efforts in Iraq,
by the way. Amazing how a bunch
of left-wing LIARS in Europe, who couldn't even win WWII by themselves,
fancy themselves SO knowledgeable
about OTHER nation's affairs.


Have a read of this review of a recently published book, thicko.

Espionage

Inventing the dots
Nov 1st 2007
From The Economist print edition

THIS is a book you can imagine Alec Leamas, the miserable spook hero of "The
Spy Who Came In From the Cold", enjoying on the number 11 bus back to his
dingy Hammersmith flat. "What do you think spies a priests, saints,
martyrs?" Leamas famously snarled. "They're a squalid procession of vain
fools, traitors too, yes; pansies, sadists and drunkards, people who play
cowboys and Indians to brighten their rotten lives."

Plus ça change, apparently. "Curveball" offers a squalid and up-to-date
procession of real-life fools, traitors and game-players seeking to brighten
their rotten lives. Principal among them is an Iraqi chemical engineer who
pitched up in Germany without a visa in 1999. He asked for political asylum
and knew that he would greatly improve his chances of getting it if he could
make himself interesting to the intelligence services. Which he did. Before
long he had their rapt attention, as well as his own code name, Curveball.

Bob Drogin, a reporter on the Los Angeles Times, relates how over the next
couple of years Curveball impressed his interrogators with his detailed
knowledge of Iraq's chemical and biological weapons programmes. He spoke at
length of such things as mobile laboratories that were being used to cook up
lethal bugs. The Americans were desperate to have a look at him too. But the
Germans fobbed off their rivals with transcripts and reports, blocking
direct access to their prize informer.

Nevertheless, Curveball's story became an important part of the American
government's case for invading Iraq. Information taken from his testimony
cropped up in the National Intelligence Estimate of October 2002 (which
maintained with "high confidence" that Iraq had chemical and biological
weapons); in George Bush's state-of-the-union message in January 2003 (which
included a reference to "mobile weapons labs designed to produce
germ-warfare agents"); and in Colin Powell's presentation to the UN the
following month (which featured computer-generated images of those mobile
weapons labs, based on descriptions and drawings by Curveball).

But it was all rubbish. Curveball was a low-level drone and borderline
nutcase with a gift for telling people what they wanted to hear. In the
run-up to the war-despite the doubts expressed by some experts about
Curveball's reliability-nobody bothered to check out his story properly. It
was not until 2004, a year after the invasion of Iraq, that the CIA admitted
that Curveball had foxed them. He "appears to be fabricating in this stream
of reporting", the burn notice read.

Mr Drogin points out that, in the aftermath of September 11th 2001, critics
lambasted American intelligence for failing to "connect the dots that might
have prevented the terrorist attacks". What makes the Curveball case so
dreadful, he reckons, is that this time they simply invented the dots. "If
Curveball fused fact and fiction, others twisted and magnified his account
in grotesque ways," he concludes. "Time and again, bureaucratic rivalries,
tawdry ambitions and spineless leadership proved more important than
professional integrity." You can just about hear old Alec Leamas muttering
"Told you so."