This one's for Jack, since it's mainly bile, but also analysis...
This morning, while driving in to work, I decide to see what the former sports station 760, now Boulder's Progressive Talk Air America affiliate, had to say. Well, this is what. Marc Maron (I believe) was very adamant about how they're “not going to be obsessive about electoral fraud ... go to black box voting dot org ... contribute money... we're not your hate puppets” -- basically all in one breath. Second, as I stopped to get a bagel, he started in on how Colorado and other states were some percentage (CO 47%) against Bush. Really? Ok. As I got back in the car, he once again mentioned how he's not a hate puppet but also how he hates other liberals who want to force him into talking about one thing (yeah, right?) where he's talking about “broadening and focusing the Democratic party...” Pick one, please. The Democrats are shattered right now, trying to do it all's been their downfall.
It still tickles me that 760 here's a ClearChannel station, the same people who own 850 AM (Rush) and 630 AM (Art Bell).
This operation was initially named Phantom Fury by DoD. It was later renamed Operation al-Fajr (Arabic for Dawn) by the Iraqi Defence Minister November 8, 2004
Who:
Shirts:
10,000 US Marines, US Army, Iraqi; 4,000 participating in the first wave
Skins:
- 1,000 - 6,000 insurgents / foreign fighters
Where:
Fallujah, Iraq (USAToday - excellent flash, acepilots, globalsecurity, cnn)
Approximately 300,000 residents, more than half of whom have fled.
What:
2004 11 08 2215 GMT Stratfor reports that no Iraqi army or national guard unit has fought in Fallujah, and that they're being very resistant to manning their positions and moving forward.
The Scotsman reports “Battle for Fallujah begins as troops enter the city“ ..
Overnight, troops seized two bridges on main roads to the west, including the one where the charred remains of US security contractors were displayed in March. Their murders triggered the first marine assault on the city the following month
Witnesses said the Americans were using amphibious vehicles to try to cross the river but came under fire from guerrillas entrenched in the city.
The Askari district drew some of the heaviest fire as the crushing air and artillery bombardment rose to a climax, with US jets dropping bombs around the clock and big guns pounding the city every few minutes with high-explosive shells.
The first punch came from just north of the city, where Marine Regimental Combat Team 1 had been massed on Sunday night. The troops, backed by the 1st Cavalry Division’s tanks and armour, swarmed into the once-teeming Jolan district, the warren-like historic heart of Fallujah.
US artillery had pounded the northern edge of the district ahead of the attack, hoping to set off any roadside bombs and booby traps planted by the insurgents to slow down the advance.
At the same time, aircraft and artillery attacked an insurgent mortar position in southern Fallujah. The US army said it believed that nine insurgents were killed.
Another force pushed into the north-eastern Askari district, the first large-scale assault into the insurgent-held area of the city. Orange explosions lit up the palm trees, minarets and dusty rooftops, and a fire burned on the city’s edge.
US Forces press offensive in insurgent-held district Fallujah, opening major ground assault, AP 11/09/2004 22:29
Two Marines were killed when their bulldozer flipped over into the Euphrates near Fallujah Hours after starting the offensive, U.S. tanks and Humvees from the 1st Infantry Division entered the northeastern Askari neighborhood, the first ground assault into an insurgent bastion. In the northwestern area of the city, U.S. troops advanced slowly after dusk on the Jolan neighborhood The top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. George Casey… told reporters in Washington that 10,000 to 15,000 U.S. troops along with a smaller number of Iraqi forces were encircling the city. Casey said 50 to 70 percent of the city's 200,000 residents have fled. Some 5,000 U.S. Marines and soldiers were massed in the desert on Fallujah's northern edge. They were joined by 2,000 to 4,000 Iraqi troops. Capt. Jonathan Riley, spokesman for the U.S. Central Command Air Forces in Qatar, told the AP that an unmanned MQ-1 Predator plane fired a Hellfire missile at an insurgents' anti-aircraft artillery battery in Fallujah, scoring a direct hit.
Yeah, I'm not kidding. People are depressed, angry, gloating, and acting out.
- After the election, stress grows - Counselors report 25 percent spike in people seeking help,” Daily Camera, Boulder, 11/07
She calls it an "adjustment disorder" triggered by a disruption in one's view on reality — a cataclysmic let-down after channeling time and emotions into a cause. It's much like the slump after planning a wedding or a big vacation, Scott said.
- “Post-election stress syndrome surfaces in its most verbose form,” Daily Breeze, LA, 11/08
- “Coping with Post-Election Stress,” Tavis Smiley, NPR 11/03
- Air America, the whole thing, constantly.
Amanda's got it in the worst way, too - in her fase.
I think it's safe to say that Michael Moore and his snide pouting has been suffering from chronic adjustment disorder for at least 3.5 years.
Time to bang that drum and keep the hope alive... of
electronic voter fraud. There's some great themes stirring after the Kerry concession. The "winner" theories'll be great to watch. Maybe a conspiracy pool or a conspiracy mad-libs with random theories'll be good to start.
Additionally, great doomsday predictions are rife in the liberal blogosphere. It's amazing.
With regards to the blackboxvoting dot ork and whatnot, I can't help but thinking that there's some undercurrent of neoludditeism going on.
I've been moved and stirred by many Team America: World Police Sountrack songs, and today, I'm starting out a little rhetorical homage device based upon poignant lyrics.
Given the phrase "Freedom costs a buck-oh-five." please respond as how you think the 1) Democrats, 2) Republicans, 3) Michael Moore, and 4) the Taliban interpret this statement.
Here're my responses:
- Not my $1.05, maybe someone else's $1.05; i'm sure France'll give me 0.82 Euros, or Canada'll give me 1.28 CAD.
- Great, another tax. Fine. Here's $5, shut up.
- 'freedom' is the name of my next mocumentary and you bet it'll cost more than a $1.05 to see it!
- Wallah! America's bad, yo. If freedom costs 46 AFA, i'm for save up to AK-47, since that's 430 AFA only.