Bloomberg: WH and State Department "Dismissive" About Plight of Americans Stranded in Yemen; Suggest That Being There Is Their Own Fault

That may or may not be true, and it may be true that rescuing a large group of people, scattered all over the country, is too dangerous for both the rescuers and the rescuees.

But the tone. The tone of "dismissal."

The WH and State Department do not care about US citizens stuck in Yemen; they only care about having to answer questions about their lack of action. That is, they only care about themselves, as they only cared about themselves during the Benghazi attack; those killed in Benghazi were not important as human beings, but merely as headaches and complications for Obama and Hillary.

And so too now are US citizens in Yemen. The Administration reacts with its typical mix of hostility, defensiveness, and blame-shifting when asked about yet another of their failures.

Americans Trapped in Yemen? U.S. Says 'Good Luck'
16 APR 22, 2015 6:00 AM EDT
By Josh Rogin
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Yet, the tone from White House and State Department spokespeople when asked by reporters about the lack of action has often seemed dismissive; the official response has been to point to previous State Department travel warnings about the dangers in Yemen, which seems like blaming the U.S. citizens for being there in the first place. Many of these people are Yemeni immigrants or the children of immigrants who returned to see their families.
"We are giving Americans opportunities -- information about opportunities, I should say -- to use other methods of leaving Yemen, and that's why we have been very clear since the mid-1990s that people should not travel to Yemen," State Department acting spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters Monday.
A reporter pointed out that one of the State Department’s absolute highest responsibilities is protecting U.S. citizens abroad.
"Absolutely," Harf responded. "That's why we have been telling them not to go to Yemen."
The actual information that the State Department has been sending U.S.-citizens in Yemen has been spotty, vague and unhelpful, according to Ayoub. Random alerts have pointed Americans to travel great distances for opportunities to leave the country without any assurances they would be successful when they get there.
"The U.S. government has been informed that there is another Indian naval ship that will leave from Hodeidah on April 12, arriving in Djibouti on April 13," an April 11 emergency message for U.S. citizens stated. "We have been told that U.S. citizens are welcome and should get to Hodeidah as soon as possible. Unfortunately we have no information on who to contact to board this ship."
Ayoub said one recipient of this alert was a 12-year old girl who lived six to eight hours away from the destination. With no means to make the journey through an active war zone, she was unable to take the State Department’s advice.
It seems that the department’s excuses for not directly rescuing Americans in Yemen are disappearing quickly. Not only is there a temporary ceasefire between the Saudi-backed government and the Houthis, there’s even a new U.S. Naval flotilla in the Gulf of Aden, including an aircraft carrier, to assist in any rescue operation.

Incidentally, when the capital was overrun a couple of months ago and US diplomatic and military personnel were under direct threat, the Administration squashed the story and demanded the media not report on it, when US personnel were possibly in harm's way.

Of course, the media then continued to not report on it.

This is an incompetent, disastrous presidency, but full of ego and narcissism and venom, and they get very angry when it is pointed out that their estimates of their own competencies does not match physical reality.

Posted by: Ace at 02:42 PM

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1 Not to mention the 4 Americans being held hostage in Iran.
Not even on the radar in the talks.

Posted by: Thor's feather duster at April 22, 2015 02:43 PM (JgC5a)

2 I think it is safe to say that the same dismissive attitude and tone from this White House applies to pretty much all Americans, everywhere.

Posted by: AMartel at April 22, 2015 02:44 PM (WWgnZ)

3 Wait.. we bend over backwards to never leave that shithead desserter Bo Bergdahl "behind", but other citizens? Ahhh.. too bad!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 22, 2015 02:44 PM (so+oy)

4 If they die . . . but the Crusades.

Posted by: RoyalOil at April 22, 2015 02:44 PM (ZvKdv)

5 The 4 hostages in Iran have been "de-coupled" according to Harf.
See, there, fixed it, haters.

Posted by: Thor's feather duster at April 22, 2015 02:45 PM (JgC5a)

6 When has obama ever tried to get americans out (who werent traitors) from these crap holes? Look how many are in iranian prisons waiting to be executed for bullshit.

Posted by: Bruce J. at April 22, 2015 02:45 PM (iQIUe)

7 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at April 22, 2015 02:45 PM (kff5f)

8 The WH and State Department do not care about US citizens stuck in Yemen

To be fair, they don't care much about US citizens anywhere, including most of the continental U.S.

Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at April 22, 2015 02:45 PM (ZKzrr)

9 Burn it down.
Scatter the stones.
Salt the earth where it stood.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at April 22, 2015 02:45 PM (kff5f)

10 We're all just so many headaches and complications to this administration. It's so frustrating when the ATM isn't working properly!

Posted by: AMartel at April 22, 2015 02:45 PM (WWgnZ)

11 Screw them.

Posted by: B.O. at April 22, 2015 02:45 PM (LA7Cm)

12 Not even hiding their contempt...

Posted by: some guy at April 22, 2015 02:46 PM (q177U)

13 At this point I would vote for any candidate who said we were going implement the Team America: World Police foreign policy plan . . .

Especially if he/she then gave Gary Johnston's "Dicks, Pussies, Assholes" speech.

Posted by: Sharkman at April 22, 2015 02:46 PM (i5YVL)

14 Ace - This is an incompetent, disastrous presidency, but full of ego and narcissism and venom...
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So, Wednesday, then. Got it.

Posted by: chi's sandwIch at April 22, 2015 02:46 PM (VF2hp)

15 Ms. Harf had a nasty exchange with a reporter yesterday, in which she tried her usual reverse-the-question snark about some challenge or another.

MH: "You don't think that's a challenge?"
Reporter: (paraphrasing) I'm not here to answer your questions, I'm here to try and get an answer to mine.

I think some of them have had about enough of being treated like dirt. Some.

Posted by: pep at April 22, 2015 02:47 PM (GMG6W)

16 At least these American citizens know that they are getting as much support as, say, a US ambassador to Libya would.

Posted by: gm at April 22, 2015 02:47 PM (K0tm3)

17
Hmmm.... they didn't give that tone of dismissal of people wandering into North Korea or Iran.

Posted by: Guy Mohawks at April 22, 2015 02:47 PM (ODxAs)

18 "Not even hiding their contempt..."

Nope. Don't give a shit and what are you gonna do about it anyway?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 22, 2015 02:48 PM (LA7Cm)

19 You can ignore reality, but you cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.

Posted by: Gem at April 22, 2015 02:48 PM (c+gwp)

20 Meanwhile, Americans are sitting in an Iranian prison.

A former Marine, an American Christian pastor, a WaPo journalist...

Too bad for them. They don't matter a whit in the JEF's administration.

But Bergdahl, the traitor, Rose Garden ceremony for the idiot parents, trade five top Taliban leaders...

Gah. Rage headache.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 22, 2015 02:49 PM (FsuaD)

21 I think some of them have had about enough of being treated like dirt. Some.

Not that I have any sympathy for them, I'm just noting the change in attitude.

Posted by: pep at April 22, 2015 02:49 PM (GMG6W)

22
>>But the tone. The tone of 'dismissal'.

It's worse than that. It's a patern of not giving a damn if americans are slaughtered. Benghazi, the group kidnapped in syria they could have saved, this, etc...It just never seems to be all that important to try to rescue americans with this administration. When have they even bothered?

Posted by: Lea at April 22, 2015 02:49 PM (lIU4e)

23
These jackasses were so utterly out of touch with reality that the downfall of the government was so fast there wasn't even a day to warn any Americans to get out.

Dangerous, incompetent and venal is now way to run America. Boy-o.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 22, 2015 02:49 PM (St6BJ)

24 Well, if 52% of Americans don't give a shit, why should the administration/

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 22, 2015 02:49 PM (P55y/)

25 19
You can ignore reality, but you cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.

Posted by: Gem

You underestimate us.

Posted by: Obamanites at April 22, 2015 02:49 PM (GMG6W)

26 So the ole "we leave no one behind" had a shelf life of - until Bergdahl fulfills his purpose in helping to empty Gitmo so Barry can close it.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at April 22, 2015 02:50 PM (BZAd3)

27 This is an incompetent, disastrous presidency, but full of ego and narcissism and venom, and they get very angry when it is pointed out that their estimates of their own competencies does not match physical reality.

Actually, I'm not entirely positive they agree there is a physical reality outside of their own constructs.

Presume Fuck You Foucault rant here.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at April 22, 2015 02:50 PM (mf5HN)

28 23
These jackasses were so utterly out of touch with reality that the downfall of the government was so fast there wasn't even a day to warn any Americans to get out.
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Are you describing another country or this one?

Posted by: Roy at April 22, 2015 02:50 PM (VndSC)

29 Of course they're dismissive. When you teach a child that he can get away with anything by not saying anything about it he's just going to go "Look an eagle!" and point the other way whenever you ask. Congrats MSM, enjoy your shit sandwich.

Posted by: Flyguy at April 22, 2015 02:50 PM (3sOO0)

30
Meh. They don't ignore reality. They use reality to blame others for the failures and death.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 22, 2015 02:50 PM (St6BJ)

31 Unlike Bowe Bergdahl, the Americans in Yemen did not serve with honor and distinction.

Posted by: Susan Rice at April 22, 2015 02:51 PM (OD2ni)

32 As someone who has some 'insight' into this, there is NO WAY for us to conduct any kind of coordinated 'rescue' of these people. Period.

There are over 78,000 American passport holders there; where do we pick from? How many would try to come over, and not be some 'agent' of some kind, to do us harm when we would try to extract some?

Force Majure was declared in Yemen some months ago; any company that was sponsoring/hiring/putting Americans there have the responsibility to remove American employees, usually under terms of contracts. If an American has gone over on their own accord, it is not always feasible for us to rescue/protect you- in this case, entirely due to numbers.

Did we rescue anyone in Syria?

Have we extracted Americans in Iraq (other than defense-related) ?

I'm not defending the admin in any way. I'm just bringing to light the reality of the situation there- it ain't good.

Could the wording for these statements be better? Possibly- but then again anything different might legally bind the US to do something.

Posted by: Mr Wolf at April 22, 2015 02:51 PM (rD+jq)

33 This administration is exactly that venomous incompetent p.o.s. as described. But DO NOT let the palace guard media off the hook for this. They are equally to blame.

(Imagine if we had a serious mainstream media during the last election just for example. I'm not a big Mitt Romney fan, but it could not have been worse than what we have now. And it ain't over yet.)

Posted by: Insert Clever Name Here at April 22, 2015 02:51 PM (XMX7O)

34 Yes, Yemen is indeed a success story.

Posted by: Marie Harf at April 22, 2015 02:51 PM (cQ7p2)

35 Personally I am all for leaving then stuck there. Yemen has been on a "don't go there list" for a long time. Why should our soldiers risk their lives for a bunch of idiots went there on their own?

This is one of those extremely rare times I agree with them.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 22, 2015 02:52 PM (wlDny)

36 Im always happy to trash talk the Obama administration, but I kinda see the point here. What are people still doing in Yemen? Or the rest of the Mid-East for that matter? Havent we seen enough publicized beheadings of western citizens?

Posted by: Harley Quinn at April 22, 2015 02:52 PM (pnlaU)

37 This Admin does not care about Americans, only about what they perceive as their bullshit legacy.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 22, 2015 02:52 PM (/tNwW)

38 full of ego and narcissism

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It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at April 22, 2015 02:53 PM (XUKZU)

39 I'll be the last one to defend this administration. But people were told to get out and they stayed.

Now they want to complain?

So we send people in and something happens to the rescuers? Then what?

I don't care much for the fact our embassy personnel had to take commercial flights out and destroy weapons/abandon them on the tarmac. That's a travesty.

But people making a choice to stay behind, is a choice. It's not like nobody saw this coming.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 22, 2015 02:53 PM (GGCsk)

40 I guess his position of "no Americans left behind" has evolved since Bowe Bergdahl. Maybe if they *got* themselves captured, Obama would be willing to trade some more terrorists for them and they'd stand a better chance of getting out.

Posted by: Sunni LeBeouf at April 22, 2015 02:53 PM (xkSSa)

41 Rescue mission?

Posted by: Jimmah Carter at April 22, 2015 02:53 PM (xQX/f)

42 We told them not to go to either Yemen or Detroit.

Posted by: Harf hairbalz at April 22, 2015 02:53 PM (VndSC)

43 what the fuck, he hates us all.

Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at April 22, 2015 02:53 PM (bCJvd)

44 32 Posted by: Mr Wolf at April 22, 2015 02:51 PM (rD+jq)

Maybe they could have actively supported the regime in the first place instead of doing a Chip Diller/Baghdad Bob?

But they would have had to have done that in every country in the region that is now a flaming ruin.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 22, 2015 02:53 PM (St6BJ)

45 Personally I am all for leaving then stuck there. Yemen has been on a "don't go there list" for a long time. Why should our soldiers risk their lives for a bunch of idiots went there on their own?

This is one of those extremely rare times I agree with them.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 22, 2015 02:52 PM (wlDny)

YES, However, they are Americans. And we did after all, did go all out for a fuckin traitor who should be stood up against a wall and shot. But I get your point.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 22, 2015 02:53 PM (/tNwW)

46 What is the name of that lying spokesweasel (there are so many) in the admiral garb? He's replacing Psaki.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 22, 2015 02:53 PM (FsuaD)

47 Personally I am all for leaving then stuck there. Yemen has been on a "don't go there list" for a long time. Why should our soldiers risk their lives for a bunch of idiots went there on their own?

This is one of those extremely rare times I agree with them.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 22, 2015 02:52 PM (wlDny)

YES, However, they are Americans. And we did after all, did go all out for a fuckin traitor who should be stood up against a wall and shot. But I get your point.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 22, 2015 02:53 PM (/tNwW)

48 Personally I am all for leaving then stuck there. Yemen has been on a "don't go there list" for a long time. Why should our soldiers risk their lives for a bunch of idiots went there on their own?

This is one of those extremely rare times I agree with them.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 22, 2015 02:52 PM (wlDny)

YES, However, they are Americans. And we did after all, did go all out for a fuckin traitor who should be stood up against a wall and shot. But I get your point.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 22, 2015 02:53 PM (/tNwW)

49 "Absolutely," Harf responded. "That's why we have been telling them not to go to Yemen."
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"These people should have know we were doing to sell out Yemen to Iran, I mean, DUH!" continued Ms Harf.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2015 02:54 PM (78TbK)

50 I grew up in Tripoli, Libya from 1964 to 1972. My dad was an employee for an American Oil Company.

During Gaddafi's overthrow of King Indris in 1969 the American Govt evacuated us using the Air Force. Based on States reasoning, we would have been abandoned.

Once upon a time, in the not too distant past, the US Govt actually took an interest and protected American's who were working in other Nations.

And wasn't it Obama's Administration who kept proclaiming that Yemen is a success story...right up until the country fell? The State Dept bears quite a bit of responsibility for this fiasco.

Posted by: Jprs at April 22, 2015 02:54 PM (YQ4mh)

51 >>>Could the wording for these statements be better? Possibly- but then again anything different might legally bind the US to do something.

Possibly??

WTF?

Posted by: some guy at April 22, 2015 02:54 PM (q177U)

52 At this point, what difference does it make?

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at April 22, 2015 02:54 PM (78TbK)

53 Well, none of them are black.

Posted by: Presidebt Cabeza Mierde at April 22, 2015 02:54 PM (wAQA5)

54 Yes, Yemen is indeed a success story.

This.

Don't want to ruin the narrative.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 22, 2015 02:54 PM (JtwS4)

55 Listening tours (or sessions) are supposed to add a little fabric softener to a politician's starchy image, buffing their scaly reptilian exteriors down to kid-leather smoothness. The technique worked for Clinton in New York, where booking upstate listening stops helped her win a Senate seat in 2000. Listening is the epitome of unrunning, allowing a candidate to do nothing at all but remain operational. Today, Clinton is listening in New Hampshire, and a full-time physician has been assigned to her care, lest the pure calm of bland political chitchat turn her life signs negative and she unruns herself to death.

Posted by: Bill McKay at April 22, 2015 02:54 PM (e8kgV)

56 46 What is the name of that lying spokesweasel (there are so many) in the admiral garb? He's replacing Psaki.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 22, 2015 02:53 PM (FsuaD)

Cap'n Crunch.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 22, 2015 02:54 PM (St6BJ)

57 20 But Bergdahl, the traitor, Rose Garden ceremony for the idiot parents, trade five top Taliban leaders...

Gah. Rage headache.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 22, 2015 02:49 PM (FsuaD)

Bergdahl the traitor was a convenient excuse. He was going to release those 5 terrorists anyway before the Bergdahl thing even came up.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 22, 2015 02:54 PM (wlDny)

58 Well, that settles it. Bowe Bergdahl enlisted in the Army, so deserting his post and then being captured by the enemy was all his fault.

Posted by: Hank at April 22, 2015 02:55 PM (K+1ie)

59 This is an incompetent, disastrous presidency, but full of ego and narcissism and venom, and they get very angry when it is pointed out that their estimates of their own competencies does not match physical reality.-ace

So there shit is retarded?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 22, 2015 02:55 PM (Wvadc)

60 Now, in the rear view mirror you can see the advantages of giving generously to the various clinton or obama fundraisers and foundations.Money grubbing liars and treasonous corruption top to democrat bottom.

Posted by: Rufusrastasjohnsonbrown at April 22, 2015 02:55 PM (Dz+P9)

61 You can't call Yemen a huge success story one minute and then the next say well we told you not to go there?

Only a Harf Wit would do that

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 22, 2015 02:55 PM (/tNwW)

62 Maybe they donated to the wrong election campaign.

Posted by: Roy at April 22, 2015 02:55 PM (VndSC)

63 I'll be the last one to defend this administration. But people were told to get out and they stayed.

There's shades of Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans residents in this story doncha think?

Posted by: SE Pa Moron at April 22, 2015 02:55 PM (xQX/f)

64
#BringBackOurAmericans. There. That should do it.

Posted by: Moochelle at April 22, 2015 02:55 PM (xkSSa)

65 Cap'n Crunch.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 22, 2015 02:54 PM (St6BJ)

heh

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 22, 2015 02:56 PM (FsuaD)

66 I think it is safe to say that the same dismissive attitude and tone from this White House applies to pretty much all Americans, everywhere.

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The progs are always not only wrong but as wrong as wrong can be. For years we've been told that the problem is that we don't love Barky enough. The real problem is that Barky doesn't love Americans enough.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at April 22, 2015 02:56 PM (XUKZU)

67 I wonder if those Americans were riding a high horse?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 22, 2015 02:56 PM (W5DcG)

68 Cool - more dead Americans. Fredo probably has a chubby.

Posted by: Super Creepy Eric Hoteham at April 22, 2015 02:57 PM (oDCMR)

69 67 I wonder if those Americans were riding a high horse?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr
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Someone ought to ask that to the spokeswoman in the high chair.

Posted by: Roy at April 22, 2015 02:57 PM (VndSC)

70
You want MOAB
You'll settle for Quake
You get Quisp

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 22, 2015 02:57 PM (St6BJ)

71 They're only disappointing these elites with their poorly thought-out behavior. Let them eat cake.

Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) (T) at April 22, 2015 02:57 PM (16bOT)

72 WH and State Department "Dismissive" About Plight of Americans Stranded in Yemen; Suggest That Being There Is Their Own Fault

Ambassador Stevens unavailable for comment.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2015 02:57 PM (kd7aw)

73 Hey, can someone tell us when to expect the choppers? We've been very patient.......

All we've gotten are prank calls from some John Kerry guy, who asked us to put him through to the ranking Communist here.

Posted by: US Embassy spokestool, Saigon at April 22, 2015 02:58 PM (sCHw2)

74 yeah, just remember the smug sanctimony of the bergdahl prisoner release.

leave no one behind...when we can use it as an excuse to do what we want to do.

Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at April 22, 2015 02:58 PM (bCJvd)

75 Americans overseas need help? Sorry- we're spread awfully thin right now, helping Ecuadorians get into Texas.

Posted by: His Majesty, The Fundamental Transformer at April 22, 2015 02:58 PM (FCsIb)

76 68 Cool - more dead Americans. Fredo probably has a chubby.
Posted by: Super Creepy Eric Hoteham at April 22, 2015 02:57 PM (oDCMR)

In his mouth.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 22, 2015 02:58 PM (St6BJ)

77 they get very angry when it is pointed out that their estimates of their own competencies does not match physical reality.

They're pissed because they see no need to bring physical reality into the picture.

Just got done reading Hayek's The Intellectuals and Socialism. He writes at length on the topic.

Posted by: t-bird at April 22, 2015 02:58 PM (FcR7P)

78 Told them so. Neener neener.

Posted by: Harfwit at April 22, 2015 02:58 PM (wAQA5)

79 I think that one of the hardest things for people to realize about Obama is: He is totes OK with Americans dying. Actually, anyone dying. He doe sot lose sleep, he does not pause.

-Fast and Furious guns used to kill hundreds of Mexicans plus a few Americans and a Border Patrol agent.
-Benghazi, where he left 30+ consulate employees to die.
-Military's ROE and all of the social engineering bs, the VA scandal he purposely hid
-Abortion, even post birth
-Obamacare
-Americans beheaded by ISIS (fore!)

And on and on.
Heck, he's even given up pretending he gives a sh%t about American being killed or abandoned

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2015 02:59 PM (2TN4k)

80 If a beer summit or James Taylor can't solve it, then it's not worth solving!

Posted by: Your bettahs at the WH and State Department at April 22, 2015 02:59 PM (yRwC8)

81 45 YES, However, they are Americans. And we did after
all, did go all out for a fuckin traitor who should be stood up against a
wall and shot. But I get your point.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 22, 2015 02:53 PM (/tNwW)

Like I said, he was going to release those 5 jihadis anyway. Bergdahl was a convenient excuse. Someone "unnamed source" in the DoS ratted them out on that score a few weeks ago. I posted a link to the story in one of the morning threads.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 22, 2015 02:59 PM (wlDny)

82
>>Gah. Rage headache.

Jane, I can't even think about Bergdahl in relation to all this.

Maybe the people in Yemen need to get someone to ask for some terrorists to be released in order to get the governments attention. It seems like otherwise you're on your own.

The world in general is less safe for americans with this administration. And Christians for that matter. Heaven help us all.

Posted by: Lea at April 22, 2015 02:59 PM (lIU4e)

83 You make a choice going to these types of countries today. That is one of the risks.

I understand we protect Americans and that seems to be a platitude nowadays. But this isn't Benghazi or even similar.

People go back to a dangerous country to visit family. Then they overstay the visit when things get dicey. Then suddenly they want us to launch a military mission and put other people's lives at stake for their selfishness.

It's about personal responsibility and choices. I don't want my brother to die for your stupidity, even though he may do just that and not question it.

Frankly, I'm a little sick of people who immigrate and use that status as some kind of get out of jail free card where our military plays the role of limo driver. That ain't how it works.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 22, 2015 02:59 PM (GGCsk)

84
You want MOAB
You'll settle for Quake
You get Quisp

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 22, 2015 02:57 PM (St6BJ)

Kaboom

/AoSHQ Style Manual

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 22, 2015 02:59 PM (SpnVI)

85 The Regiem HATES America and Americans. Feature not bug...

Posted by: Truth Hurts at April 22, 2015 02:59 PM (Tsfk9)

86
What is the name of that lying spokesweasel (there are so many) in the admiral garb? He's replacing Psaki.
..........................
She get struck by lightning?

Posted by: wth at April 22, 2015 03:00 PM (wAQA5)

87 So what if they are stuck in Yemen. We just let in a thousand times more new Americans we have to take care of. What about them? Huh, huh, you racist wingnuts?

Posted by: Team Obama at April 22, 2015 03:00 PM (GgxVX)

88
The White House correspondents dinner is coming up.
And some asshole named Kanye West is on the cover of Time.

West, along with that creature he is supposedly married to, is among Time's 100 most influential people, along with Reese farkin Witherspoon.

And Sandra Bullock is People mag's most beautiful woman! At 50 years old!! Which means it's another historic first!!

SO YEAH NOBODY GIVES A SHIT ABOUT Americans in Yemen.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 22, 2015 03:00 PM (AzDzi)

89 And on and on.
Heck, he's even given up pretending he gives a sh%t about American being killed or abandoned
Posted by: Lizzy
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He would have a shit-fit if a guy in the foursome ahead of him had a heart attack and keeled over into a sandtrap. It would hold up his game.

Posted by: Roy at April 22, 2015 03:00 PM (VndSC)

90 American citizen trapped in Yemen? Suck it.

Last name Bergdahl? Rose Garden.

Posted by: Birdeye at April 22, 2015 03:01 PM (/CnkK)

91 What is the name of that lying spokesweasel (there are so many) in the admiral garb? He's replacing Psaki.
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She get struck by lightning?

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No, bad accident involving her pants catching fire.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at April 22, 2015 03:01 PM (XUKZU)

92 >>WH and State Department "Dismissive" About Plight of Americans Stranded in Yemen; Suggest That Being There Is Their Own Fault

Also note that Obama and Kerry did NOT make release of the three Americans imprisoned by Iran a condition of their nukes negotiations.

Whatever, suppose it's the Americans' faults for visiting Iran, amirite?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2015 03:01 PM (2TN4k)

93 Speaking of Yemen, did they get the $500 million worth of U.S. military assets that were abandoned back yet? Or are they still in the hands of the Iran-supported rebels?

Posted by: Hank at April 22, 2015 03:01 PM (K+1ie)

94 80 If a beer summit or James Taylor can't solve it, then it's not worth solving!
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We need to deep insert James in Yemen and allow all the peace and love to break out and diffuse. It would be like an atomic love bomb. Maybe we can get Candy Crowley to cover it live and in person?

Posted by: Super Creepy Eric Hoteham at April 22, 2015 03:02 PM (oDCMR)

95 With the regime we have in DC right now, I think any American traveling anywhere overseas should be aware that they're taking a big risk. You're on you're own. Do not expect any help from your government. Even the US Consulates in these various countries. No one will rescue you.

Posted by: Soona at April 22, 2015 03:02 PM (/HX7u)

96 Wow
Who knew that when you leave the country you apparently lose your status as a citizen

Posted by: Navycopjoe betting on Da Cubbies at April 22, 2015 03:02 PM (et5qN)

97
Sorta depends.

If they are all mohamedians, we should prolly leave them there.

Posted by: Charles Martel at April 22, 2015 03:02 PM (q+zA9)

98 Maybe Obama could swap some Gitmo prisoners. I mean, he enthusiastically did for traitor Bergdahl.

I do agree, however, that those who are there, are there at their own risk...., just as Bergdahl was.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 22, 2015 03:02 PM (cQ7p2)

99 Like I said, he was going to release those 5 jihadis anyway. Bergdahl was a convenient excuse. Someone "unnamed source" in the DoS ratted them out on that score a few weeks ago. I posted a link to the story in one of the morning threads.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 22, 2015 02:59 PM (wlDny)

I have no doubt about that. Bergdahl was an after thought. I am just pointing out the hypocrisy of this Admin who say anything and do anything to advance their far left wing anti-American agenda

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 22, 2015 03:02 PM (/tNwW)

100 She get struck by lightning?

-
No, bad accident involving her pants catching fire.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at April 22, 2015 03:01 PM (XUKZU)

I heard it was a freak accident related to the enormous schnoobs.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at April 22, 2015 03:02 PM (vgIRn)

101
If we had an AoS' 100 Most Influential Commenters, you know who'd top the list?

farkin Moo Moo -- he's all y'all talk about.
a month ago it woulda be m.u.m.r.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 22, 2015 03:02 PM (AzDzi)

102 West, along with that creature he is supposedly married to, is among Time's 100 most influential people, along with Reese farkin Witherspoon.

-
Rush just said that Time's most influential was a woman who invented hashtag diplomacy. 'Cause that's worked out so well.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at April 22, 2015 03:02 PM (XUKZU)

103 This pussy would have been straining at his collar to get to the escape pod.

Posted by: President James Marshall at April 22, 2015 03:03 PM (KIoko)

104 We need to deep insert James in Yemen and allow all the peace and love
to break out and diffuse. It would be like an atomic love bomb. Maybe we
can get Candy Crowley to cover it live and in person?

I'd like to add Toure, Joy Reid, Al Sharpton, and Mika to the list.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 22, 2015 03:03 PM (FsuaD)

105 I've met a few people like these poor, poor Americans stuck in Yemen. They think the rules don't apply to them? WHAT? Me not go to Yemen? Fuck that. I'm special and no State Dept warning against going there is going to stop me. Same goes for all sorts of 3rd World shitholes that no sane person would ever set foot.

I have zero sympathy for them.

Posted by: HUCK / AKIN 2016 at April 22, 2015 03:03 PM (0LHZx)

106

Bill Clinton helped Hillary come up with her latest slogan:

A CIGAR IN EVERY BOX!!

... maybe it wasn't Hillary who was helped

Posted by: Bill McKay at April 22, 2015 03:03 PM (e8kgV)

107 Dude, it's apparently risky going to Minneapolis these days. These idiots went to Yemen. That's just Darwin at work.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 22, 2015 03:03 PM (GGCsk)

108 It is their fault for getting stuck there. They believed Obama when he said Yemen was a success story for his counterterrorism strategy.

Posted by: zmdavid at April 22, 2015 03:03 PM (L6lsW)

109 She get struck by lightning?

Posted by: wth at April 22, 2015 03:00 PM (wAQA5)

Pants caught on fire.

Posted by: wrg500 at April 22, 2015 03:03 PM (sgrzZ)

110 I know who'd top the most annoying.

Posted by: President James Marshall at April 22, 2015 03:04 PM (KIoko)

111 Speaking of Yemen, did they get the $500 million worth of U.S. military assets that were abandoned back yet? Or are they still in the hands of the Iran-supported rebels?
Posted by: Hank
------------------

heh, heh...

Posted by: Achmed, wearing night-vision goggles, at the wheel of an MRAP at April 22, 2015 03:04 PM (cQ7p2)

112 >>I'd like to add Toure, Joy Reid, Al Sharpton, and Mika to the list.

Code Pink, too.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2015 03:04 PM (2TN4k)

113 Iran is advancing all over the Middle East, especially in Yemen and Fredo is still sucking their cocks and negotiating a nuclear surrender with them? UnFuckinBelievable

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 22, 2015 03:04 PM (/tNwW)

114 I think some of them have had about enough of being treated like dirt. Some.
Posted by: pep at April 22, 2015 02:47 PM (GMG6W)

Well, just tired of it from low level flacks. We want Teh Won to grace us with his presence so we can worship every golden drip of wisdom that comes from his perfect lips.

Posted by: MSM at April 22, 2015 03:04 PM (F9322)

115 No, bad accident involving her pants catching fire.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at April 22, 2015 03:01 PM (XUKZU)

So Psaki's a hardwood girl. Wouldn't have thought it...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards at April 22, 2015 03:05 PM (fwARV)

116 No, bad accident involving her pants catching fire.

At some point, your thighs are too big to wear corduroy.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2015 03:05 PM (kd7aw)

117 West, along with that creature he is supposedly married to, is among Time's 100 most influential people

He's a shallow racist piece of shit, but he does wield great influence. Hate the game AND the player.

Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at April 22, 2015 03:05 PM (ZKzrr)

118 104. Not Mika
She may be a liberal idiot but she has really nice legs

Posted by: Navycopjoe betting on Da Cubbies at April 22, 2015 03:05 PM (wyDcL)

119
Code Pink, too.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2015 03:04 PM (2TN4k)

Yes. F*ck those hags in particular. Imagine the fun the jidadis would have with those bitches.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 22, 2015 03:06 PM (FsuaD)

120 Not O/T because it's about the world's second-oldest profession: horizontal secks, not the vertical secks that politicians do.

There's a sharia-compliant sex shop in Mecca.

http://tinyurl.com/kgdgvsz

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 22, 2015 03:06 PM (0HooB)

121 13 At this point I would vote for any candidate who said we were going implement the Team America: World Police foreign policy plan . . . Especially if he/she then gave Gary Johnston's "Dicks, Pussies, Assholes" speech. Posted by: Sharkman at April 22, 2015 02:46 PM (i5YVL)

Muslims are going to blow up Paris anyway, might as well get to it first!

And sadly, after the last post I am only half kidding about the Muslims blowing up Paris part.

The Euro keeps staying low and travel companies keep having steals for European vacations. Gee I wonder why?? Mebbe I should get a vacation overseas in sooner rather than later...

Posted by: LizLem at April 22, 2015 03:06 PM (yRwC8)

122 Wait--- did TIME really put Psaki at the top of the list for "hashtag diplomacy"?
Please tell me this is a joke.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2015 03:06 PM (2TN4k)

123 The real problem is that Barky doesn't love Americans enough.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at April 22, 2015 02:56 PM (XUKZU)

Now, now. We just disappoint him with our human toner cartridges

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 22, 2015 03:06 PM (Wvadc)

124 >>He's a shallow racist piece of shit, but he does wield great influence. Hate the game AND the player.<<

No, burn the game with a flamethrower and exile the players to Socotra.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 22, 2015 03:07 PM (GGCsk)

125
Speaking of the Kardashian Kreatures...

the youngest one, I forget her name, has somehow started a swollen-lip trend that is literally disfiguring the faces of thousands of stupid teenage girls (and probably thousands of immature adult woman).

These stupid teen girls (I repeat myself unintentionally) are using vacuum power to make their lips swell, and then, naturally, making hysterical-crying videos, and, of course, uploading the vids to youtube for all the world to see their ridiculous looking lips.

So, yeah, Americans in Yemen. Not really at the top of the list of Things Americans Care About today.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 22, 2015 03:07 PM (AzDzi)

126 We need some smart hashtag diplomacy in Yemen. Not that Yemen isn't a huge success or anything.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 22, 2015 03:07 PM (FsuaD)

127 Same thing happened in Egypt several times when hotels were blown up and several Americans, Brits and Euros were killed. An upscale hotel blown up in Egypt? Hmmm....nobody could have possibly predicted that would happen.

You want to be chic and travel the world including going to dangerous places? Go ahead. Just don't fucking whine about it when the shit hits the fan over there, and don't expect a rescue mission.

Posted by: HUCK / AKIN 2016 at April 22, 2015 03:08 PM (0LHZx)

128 Little people's lives don't matter.

Posted by: toby928(C) at April 22, 2015 03:08 PM (evdj2)

129 And if you're not Progg, you're little people.

Posted by: toby928(C) at April 22, 2015 03:08 PM (evdj2)

130 Iran can do anything they want right now in Yemen and anywhere else Fredo is so desperate for a nuke deal- ANY NUKE DEAL

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 22, 2015 03:08 PM (/tNwW)

131 When conducting talks in the middle east , Kerry's musical accompanist James Taylor will be replaced by Cat Stevens.

High on the peace train and all that bop.

Posted by: Hank at April 22, 2015 03:08 PM (K+1ie)

132
She get struck by lightning?

-
No, bad accident involving her pants catching fire.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at April 22, 2015 03:01 PM (XUKZU)

I heard it was a freak accident related to the enormous schnoobs.
............................
Either that or she caught her Wilma Flintstone necklace on a doorknob and strangled.

Posted by: wth at April 22, 2015 03:08 PM (wAQA5)

133 Off to Sam's Club. Ugh.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 22, 2015 03:08 PM (FsuaD)

134 It seems unfair, after having a worse than Carter president shouldn't America be blessed with a better than Reagan?

Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at April 22, 2015 03:09 PM (bCJvd)

135 Where was this criticism of the envenomed incompetence of that horrible faux Texan war criminal George W. Bush? Why do you only criticize the historic first multiracial President in America's sad history?

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, VT at April 22, 2015 03:09 PM (APv8N)

136 Just a reminder here:
"Gang member facing murder charges was spared deportation under Obama program"

http://tinyurl.com/nytmmlo

Yeah..., great legacy.

"Let me tell you what DACA is about," Psaki told Fox News. "It's not about not only giving a path [to citizenship] to individuals who are in the United States. It's morally right. ... I can't go into detail on every specific case. This is something that there are a number of steps in place that we take to look at who benefits from it."

Posted by: Achmed, wearing night-vision goggles, at the wheel of an MRAP at April 22, 2015 03:09 PM (cQ7p2)

137 And yet people are again starting the "I'll stay home rather than vote" game again because they don't like what they read on a blog about a candidates position on some issue....

Posted by: Marcus T at April 22, 2015 03:09 PM (GGCsk)

138 I see the cow has taken time out from his super busy schedule to educate us again.

Posted by: President James Marshall at April 22, 2015 03:09 PM (KIoko)

139
oh, HR, ol chum, I'm not arguing their degree of influence or why Time would bestow to them the 'honor.'

Kanye West is indeed influential -- and that's the Problem.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 22, 2015 03:09 PM (AzDzi)

140 >>Yes. F*ck those hags in particular. Imagine the fun the jidadis would have with those bitches.

They've worked w/Hamas in Gaza, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, and their leader actually met w/ Iran's Ahmadinejad when he spoke at Columbia.
However, those ISIS fellows seem to be a different brand of jihadi and may not give radical progressive the deference they've received in the past....

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2015 03:09 PM (2TN4k)

141 Administration is too busy negotiating for the release of Americans in Iran.

Yeesh, they can't do everything ya know.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 22, 2015 03:09 PM (fWAjv)

142 *turns off Excitable Sheppy*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 22, 2015 03:09 PM (FsuaD)

143 Obama's DHS

Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at April 22, 2015 03:10 PM (evdj2)

144 Maybe Obama could swap some Gitmo prisoners.

And a fifty billion dollar signing bonus.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 22, 2015 03:10 PM (W5DcG)

145 I see the cow has taken time out from his super busy schedule to educate us again.

He made more before noon than you'll make this year so he's on coffee break.

Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at April 22, 2015 03:11 PM (evdj2)

146 dammit

Posted by: toby928(C) at April 22, 2015 03:12 PM (evdj2)

147 And yet people are again starting the "I'll stay home rather than vote" game again because they don't like what they read on a blog about a candidates position on some issue....

----

No I think people are saying that because the GOP comes out with a checklist of mission accomplished items that in no way accomplished anything that those voters who put the GOP in office wanted.

Frankly, they aren't even trying.

Posted by: SH at April 22, 2015 03:12 PM (gmeXX)

148 Please don't copy/paste troll comments.

Thanks.

- The Management

Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 22, 2015 03:13 PM (AzDzi)

149 the Administration squashed the story and demanded the media not report on it

Time to go all Godwin with this

GRAMMAR NAZI ALERT

This isn't just for Ace -- this is for everyone on the Internet, as I see this error constantly now, even in supposedly professionally edited MSM news articles:

For some reason, people have forgotten about the existence of the word "quash," which has now been subsumed by the more normal-seeming -- but differently defined -- word "squash."

To clarify:

"squash" means to squish or crush or flatten:

"quash" means "to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue: to make void, annul, or set aside (a law, indictment, decision, etc.)."

But if you look at various online dictionaries now, they will include "quash" as one of the definitions of squash, because the mix up of the two words has become too commonplace to ignore.

Put in an easy to understand Obama-context:

Obama tries to squash his political opponents.

Obama tries to quash unflattering news stories.

Posted by: zombie at April 22, 2015 03:13 PM (K4YiS)

150 Five O'clock Charlie is early today.

Go get 'im, Ace. I'll be over here sipping some Valu-Rite.

With a straw.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 22, 2015 03:13 PM (0HooB)

151 ""We are giving Americans opportunities -- information about opportunities, I should say -- to use other methods of leaving Yemen, and that's why we have been very clear since the mid-1990s that people should not travel to Yemen," State Department acting spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters Monday."

In other words, since you were 9?

Posted by: Miley's Tongue at April 22, 2015 03:13 PM (4bCZC)

152
Marcus, when you can give me just 1 good reason to vote to empower Mitch McConnell, I shall do so.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 22, 2015 03:14 PM (AzDzi)

153 The only Email I got from Ace was making for my Bank Account and Routing number. Shit I hope that really was Ace?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 22, 2015 03:14 PM (/tNwW)

154 Son of a...

I got the same email!!
Posted by: Soothsayer

You too??

I think ace hit "Reply to All".

Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2015 03:15 PM (kd7aw)

155
80 If a beer summit or James Taylor can't solve it, then it's not worth solving!
-----------------------
We need to deep insert James in Yemen and allow all the peace and love to break out and diffuse. It would be like an atomic love bomb. Maybe we can get Candy Crowley to cover it live and in person?
............................
If we're going to send James Taylor I think we should balance it out by sending Kanye too. You know, diversity and shit.

Posted by: wth at April 22, 2015 03:15 PM (wAQA5)

156 got the same email!!
__________

That's surprising!

Posted by: Said No One at April 22, 2015 03:15 PM (KIoko)

157 Fan mail from some flounder?

Posted by: Bullwinkle at April 22, 2015 03:15 PM (W5DcG)

158 In he meantime, our emperor gives children from Central America all expense paid air transportation to points around the US to meet up with their illegal immigrant parents.

Priorities.

Posted by: obladioblada at April 22, 2015 03:15 PM (WVxCU)

159 Leftists LOVE humanity.

It's humans they hate.

Posted by: ChicagoRefugee at April 22, 2015 03:16 PM (0X7He)

160 If we're going to send James Taylor I think we should balance it out by sending Kanye too. You know, diversity and shit.

------

Should Neil Young feel insulted that he is not called upon to solve the world's problems?

Posted by: SH at April 22, 2015 03:16 PM (gmeXX)

161 I got the same email!!
Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 22, 2015 03:13 PM (AzDzi)

-----------------------------------------

I did too. Damn!

Posted by: Soona at April 22, 2015 03:16 PM (/HX7u)

162 Well, to be fair, I don't know why anyone would think Yemen would be a fun place to vacation.

But the State Dept and the WH didn't seem to have such objections to saving people stuck in Syria either...

...ANDDDD Obama never said "Syria is a model for success in our fighting terrorism" like he did about Yemen, which could cause some stupid liberals to think Obama was saying "Yemen is now safe."

Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 03:17 PM (AkOaV)

163 >>Posted by: zombie at April 22, 2015 03:13 PM (K4YiS)

Heh, hate that misuse of "squash" for "quash", too!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2015 03:17 PM (2TN4k)

164 Should Neil Young feel insulted that he is not called upon to solve the world's problems?

Naw, that'd be the stage-hog Bruce Springstein's job.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 22, 2015 03:17 PM (0HooB)

165 "The replacement of the pleasure principle by the reality principle is the great traumatic event in the development of man." Herbert Marcuse

Don't harsh the proggie buzz, man.

Posted by: Feh at April 22, 2015 03:18 PM (XxPgI)

166 Are MUMR's droppings getting TBH3K'd?

Or are the comments screwy again?

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 22, 2015 03:18 PM (fWAjv)

167 MUMR,
how does the ewok have your email address?

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?

Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 03:18 PM (AkOaV)

168 The only reason I stay around this moronic racist cisnormative hate fest is entertainment like this.

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, VT at April 22, 2015 03:18 PM (APv8N)

169 Are MUMR's droppings getting TBH3K'd?

Or are the comments screwy again?

Nope. That's Our Favorite Ewok with the keys to TB3K of Loving Kindness.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 22, 2015 03:19 PM (0HooB)

170 Obama tries to squash his political opponents.
----------------

Hmm.
* recalls *

One of my favorite Little Golden Books:

http://tinyurl.com/qgez7uv

Seems someone wrote about Obama decades ago..., in a Little Golden Book

Posted by: Achmed, wearing night-vision goggles, at the wheel of an MRAP at April 22, 2015 03:20 PM (cQ7p2)

171 You need help, MUMR. Don't be too proud to seek it out." -- Ace
***
wow, just wow.

Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at April 22, 2015 03:20 PM (bCJvd)

172 MUMR,
how does the ewok have your email address?

Considering the ignorant chimp was posting it here, it's not a surprise.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at April 22, 2015 03:20 PM (6E7W2)

173 shed goggled Achmed sock

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 22, 2015 03:20 PM (cQ7p2)

174 Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 22, 2015 03:18 PM (fWAjv)

You're speaking in tongues!!

Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 03:20 PM (AkOaV)

175
I did too. Damn!

i didn't

Posted by: guy who always gets left out of everything at April 22, 2015 03:20 PM (lKyWE)

176 I got the same email!!

I just get banned.

Posted by: toby928(C) at April 22, 2015 03:21 PM (evdj2)

177 Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at April 22, 2015 03:20 PM (6E7W2)

Oh. I'm usually not around at 5ish when he's usually around so I usually miss the fun.

Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 03:21 PM (AkOaV)

178 * looks around for the Mad Hatter *

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 22, 2015 03:21 PM (cQ7p2)

179 we mustn't leave world citizens to suffering, which is why i arrange flights from countries bringing them to america shores, we care about others pain.

unless they are americans stuck in countries in civil war. than we leave them to their fate.

(that's the thing.)

Posted by: willow at April 22, 2015 03:21 PM (nqBYe)

180 Other than Bowie Bergdahl, when has Obama rescued any Americans?

The only example I can think of was that boat taken over by Somalis (Captain Phillips movie).

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2015 03:22 PM (2TN4k)

181 I agree entirely, that they are on their own. Don't go into a warzone if you don't intend to go to war. Seems pretty simple to me. And besides, I don't want to see any guys getting dragged out of helicopters and hung from lampposts for a bunch of hate-America-Americans. They are Obamas' people, all of them voted for him and burned the flag on their last opportunity , so let him go lead a rescue mission and leave little Tommy Smith from Wayback County, Ohio, safe aboard ship for a change. I am so tired of his fake sadness at the loss of our American-American children, while he gloats over the diminishment of our culture.

p.s. Painting a red line in the sand, in the middle of the ocean, gives the Puke such a great out. ... Oh, they just slipped past and we couldn't stop them ... oh, my..

p.s.s. Give the Saudis the bomb.

Posted by: goon at April 22, 2015 03:22 PM (A53Jp)

182 MUMR,
If ace really sent you that email, that sounds like a very nice thing for him to do, no?

As opposed to telling you to just fuck off?

Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 03:22 PM (AkOaV)

183 150 Five O'clock Charlie is early today.

Go get 'im, Ace. I'll be over here sipping some Valu-Rite.

With a straw.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 22, 2015 03:13 PM (0HooB)

Living the high life indeed

Posted by: Robin Leech at April 22, 2015 03:22 PM (F9322)

184 Soon we'll be getting information about opportunities to leave another Obama success story - California.

Posted by: t-bird at April 22, 2015 03:22 PM (FcR7P)

185 >>we mustn't leave world citizens to suffering, which is why i arrange
flights from countries bringing them to america shores, we care about
others pain.

unless they are americans stuck in countries in civil war. than we leave them to their fate.

Wow, you nailed it, willow!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2015 03:23 PM (2TN4k)

186 >>
"Absolutely," Harf responded. "That's why we have been telling them not to go to Yemen."

True, but then everything that comes out of your mouth (except the random dick or ten) is a lie so why would anyone have believed you.

Posted by: Aviator at April 22, 2015 03:23 PM (sQzB6)

187 177 I got the same email!!

I just get banned.
Posted by: toby928(C) at April 22, 2015 03:21 PM (evdj2

Don't feel like you are alone in that

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 22, 2015 03:23 PM (Wvadc)

188

Halp us, John Kerry. We are www.stuckinyemen.com."

Posted by: Arbalest at April 22, 2015 03:24 PM (FlRtG)

189
Should Neil Young feel insulted that he is not called upon to solve the world's problems?

Naw, that'd be the stage-hog Bruce Springstein's job.
.........................
We may need Bono too.

Posted by: wth at April 22, 2015 03:25 PM (wAQA5)

190 #youareonyourown

Posted by: State Departmen at April 22, 2015 03:25 PM (cQ7p2)

191 Other than Bowie Bergdahl, when has Obama rescued any Americans?

GM, Goldman Sachs, etc.

Posted by: t-bird at April 22, 2015 03:25 PM (FcR7P)

192 I guess I missed the whole Raykon-Anna fantasy sequence.

Posted by: toby928(C) at April 22, 2015 03:25 PM (evdj2)

193 Mentioning the paranoid's paranoia merely reinforces the paranoid's paranoia. That's the nice thing about being nuts-- everything is so supportive.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at April 22, 2015 03:25 PM (6E7W2)

194 I say, let 'em crash!

Posted by: That guy in Airplane! that says "let 'em crash" at April 22, 2015 03:25 PM (FXR80)

195 And the banhammer is swinging.

Comments are getting Hasan Chopped.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards at April 22, 2015 03:25 PM (fwARV)

196 whut?

Posted by: willow at April 22, 2015 03:25 PM (nqBYe)

197 You need help, MUMR. Don't be too proud to seek it out." -- Ace

Try us.

Posted by: Charter at April 22, 2015 03:26 PM (F9322)

198 yawn.

Posted by: mynewhandle at April 22, 2015 03:26 PM (AkOaV)

199 Try us.

Posted by: Charter

Try me.

Posted by: The Economy Sized Bottle of Tylenol at April 22, 2015 03:27 PM (evdj2)

200 I have a quash in my pants!

Posted by: Marie Harf at April 22, 2015 03:27 PM (q+zA9)

201 FECAL DIVINATION REVEALS ALL
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 22, 2015 03:25 PM (7R5AL)

---------------------------------------

*snort*

Posted by: Soona at April 22, 2015 03:27 PM (/HX7u)

202 We may need Bono too.
Posted by: wth at April 22, 2015 03:25 PM (wAQA5)

Here let me hold your sunglasses while we punch you in the face.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 22, 2015 03:27 PM (Wvadc)

203 198. Okay, this one is funny...don't care who did it

Posted by: Navycopjoe betting on Da Cubbies at April 22, 2015 03:27 PM (QK70D)

204 Ya' know, that W.L. Weller's is not a bad substitute for Makers Mark at this time of the day. I don't seem to get nearly as enraged while numbing with that. Go figure!?

Posted by: goon at April 22, 2015 03:27 PM (A53Jp)

205 MUMR's paranoid compulsive behavior is perfectly justified on his planet.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at April 22, 2015 03:27 PM (6E7W2)

206 200 Try me.
Posted by: The Economy Sized Bottle of Tylenol at April 22, 2015 03:27 PM (evdj2)

With the 6000 milli equivalent of potassium.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 22, 2015 03:27 PM (St6BJ)

207 >>>>>
Actually, I'm not entirely positive they agree there is a physical reality outside of their own

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at April 22, 2015 02:50 PM (mf5HN)
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Nailed it, Your Majesty.

Posted by: Mindy at April 22, 2015 03:28 PM (OYnFN)

208 The only reason I stay around this moronic racist cisnormative hate fest is entertainment like this.Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, VT.................................I believe it's because you secretly want to be raped.

Posted by: wth at April 22, 2015 03:28 PM (wAQA5)

209
I got a rock.

Posted by: Charlie Brown at April 22, 2015 03:28 PM (AzDzi)

210 I believe it's because you secretly want to be raped.
Posted by: wth at April 22, 2015 03:28 PM

We may be Morons, but we're not morons. Only way that's getting hit around here is with a hammer.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2015 03:29 PM (h4vJk)

211 Molly Ringwald is the true anti-christ.

A moment of lucidity.

Posted by: toby928(C) at April 22, 2015 03:29 PM (evdj2)

212 210. I got a rock

I thought you got a dildo

Posted by: Navycopjoe betting on Da Cubbies at April 22, 2015 03:29 PM (QK70D)

213 The only email Ace sends me is the Penis Enlargement Spam.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at April 22, 2015 03:30 PM (6E7W2)

214 WHAT DO I WANT? COCK.
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney

Ah-hah, Ace is giving out THAT sort of personal information...

Posted by: t-bird at April 22, 2015 03:30 PM (FcR7P)

215 Molly Ringwald is the true anti-christ.

A moment of lucidity.
Posted by: toby928(C) at April 22, 2015 03:29 PM

I could tell you stories, my friend...

Posted by: Long Duc Dong at April 22, 2015 03:30 PM (h4vJk)

216 We may need Bono too.

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He respects Bush too much.

Posted by: SH at April 22, 2015 03:31 PM (gmeXX)

217 We may need Bono too.

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He respects Bush too much.

Posted by: SH at April 22, 2015 03:31 PM (gmeXX)

218 As for that email, MUMR, you can put me down for a 'ditto.'

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at April 22, 2015 03:31 PM (6E7W2)

219 The only email Ace sends me is the Penis Enlargement Spam.

He told me I have a trust fund in Nigeria and for a small fee to help with legal cost he would help me get it.

Posted by: wrg500 at April 22, 2015 03:32 PM (sgrzZ)

220 It is a tumor, Ray.

Posted by: toby928(C) at April 22, 2015 03:32 PM (evdj2)

221
Naw, that'd be the stage-hog Bruce Springstein's job.
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When I want to escape the day and listen to some sounds, nothing is better than the braying of a mule.

Posted by: wth at April 22, 2015 03:32 PM (wAQA5)

222 Ah-hah, Ace is giving out THAT sort of personal information...

EVEN MY TAPEWORMS DON'T LIKE ME = shaking water out of laptop

Truly fortunate, we are. My Platinum Membership was worth every penny.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 22, 2015 03:33 PM (0HooB)

223 Looks like it is about to go biblical outside here in NJ soon

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 22, 2015 03:33 PM (/tNwW)

224 Try me.
Posted by: The Economy Sized Bottle of Tylenol at April 22, 2015 03:27 PM (evdj2)

Going to need something to wash that down.

Posted by: Valu-Rite at April 22, 2015 03:33 PM (F9322)

225 Looks like it is about to go biblical outside here in NJ soon

Cats and dogs living together?

Posted by: toby928(C) at April 22, 2015 03:33 PM (evdj2)

226 Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 22, 2015 03:33 PM (7R5AL)

I'm actually not attaching my usual snark to this:

Go talk to somebody, MUMR. There are people who can help you. Truly.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards at April 22, 2015 03:34 PM (fwARV)

227 Looks like it is about to go biblical outside here in NJ soon

They're calling for that here in D/FW this evening.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2015 03:34 PM (kd7aw)

228 sniff, i never recieved an email from the ace.

he doesn't write, doesn't call, make pancakes...
weeping hysterically at it all.

Posted by: comrade willow at April 22, 2015 03:35 PM (nqBYe)

229 224 Looks like it is about to go biblical outside here in NJ soon
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 22, 2015 03:33 PM (/tNwW

Old or New Testament?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 22, 2015 03:35 PM (Wvadc)

230 MUMR, go spend some quality time with your collection of cat turds.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at April 22, 2015 03:35 PM (6E7W2)

231 Go talk to somebody, MUMR. There are people who can help you. Truly.

Like the librarian looking over your shoulder right now, MUMR.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 22, 2015 03:35 PM (0HooB)

232 I hate it when women get raped. That's why I keep telling them not to walk around in seedy parts of town while wearing slinky dresses.

Posted by: some guy moments before being disemboweled at April 22, 2015 03:35 PM (u9OP6)

233 Looks like it is about to go biblical outside here in NJ soon
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 22, 2015 03:33 PM (/tNwW

Old or New Testament?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 22, 2015 03:35 PM (Wvadc)

Depends if I lose power

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 22, 2015 03:35 PM (/tNwW)

234
You need help, MUMR. Don't be too proud to seek it out." -- Ace

I guess he's telling us that he's too proud?

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at April 22, 2015 03:36 PM (6E7W2)

235 Cats and dogs living together?
Posted by: toby928(C) at April 22, 2015 03:33 PM (evdj2)

I rule that they have that Constitutional right.

Posted by: Denver judge at April 22, 2015 03:36 PM (F9322)

236 Ace sends me open containers of pudding in the mail

Posted by: Navycopjoe betting on Da Cubbies at April 22, 2015 03:36 PM (et5qN)

237 Go talk to somebody, MUMR. There are people who can help you. Truly.

Like the ~~librarian~~ nurse looking over your shoulder right now, MUMR.

Accuracy.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2015 03:36 PM (kd7aw)

238 wait !

there are plans?

Posted by: willow at April 22, 2015 03:37 PM (nqBYe)

239 I guess he's telling us that he's too proud?

Anger issues with physical reality?

Posted by: t-bird at April 22, 2015 03:37 PM (FcR7P)

240 what's it take to ban this noise

Posted by: Feh at April 22, 2015 03:37 PM (XxPgI)

241 Depends if I lose power
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 22, 2015 03:35 PM (/tNwW)

*snorts*

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 22, 2015 03:38 PM (Wvadc)

242 Depends if I lose power
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 22, 2015 03:35 PM (/tNwW)

well we did after voting the same ole same ole guys back in.

Posted by: willow at April 22, 2015 03:38 PM (nqBYe)

243 I wonder if this 'Anna' has big hooters?

Posted by: Navycopjoe betting on Da Cubbies at April 22, 2015 03:38 PM (wyDcL)

244 >>> Speaking of the Kardashian Kreatures... the youngest one, I forget her name, has somehow started a swollen-lip trend that is literally disfiguring the faces of thousands of stupid teenage girls (and probably thousands of immature adult woman).

Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 22, 2015 03:07 PM (AzDzi)

Well congrats Soothie. This story was buzzing around in my newsfeeds and I had managed to avoid it, but you intrigued me enough to Google, curse you. Holy freakin' schneezak...those poor, dumb girls that actually think breaking blood vessels in their lips is a good thing!

http://preview.tinyurl.com/o9ucslz

Posted by: LizLem at April 22, 2015 03:38 PM (yRwC8)

245 239 wait !

there are plans?

Posted by: willow at April 22, 2015 03:37 PM (nqBYe)

You need the special decoder ring that came with the Platinum membership package.

Posted by: wrg500 at April 22, 2015 03:39 PM (sgrzZ)

246 MUMR's waving that around like a teenage girl who got a letter from Justin Bieber.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at April 22, 2015 03:39 PM (6E7W2)

247 Nood post. Just in time to get away from that spammer.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (All my hate cannot be found) at April 22, 2015 03:40 PM (O9qtX)

248 MUMR's waving that around like a teenage girl who got a letter from Justin Bieber.

But what Ace is replacing its comments with is comedy gold.

Gold! I'm tellin' ya!

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at April 22, 2015 03:41 PM (0HooB)

249 If it's using the same hash how is it getting through?

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 22, 2015 03:41 PM (fWAjv)

250 If it's using the same hash how is it getting through?

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 22, 2015 03:41 PM (fWAjv)

Because the Big-Kid Hammer hasn't come out yet.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards at April 22, 2015 03:43 PM (fwARV)

251 what's it take to ban this noise

I would think an additional entry in a simple text file.

Not sure how you'd have the server return a 3 gigabyte blast of animal porn to his computer when he hits 'Post', though.

Posted by: t-bird at April 22, 2015 03:43 PM (FcR7P)

252 "We are giving Americans opportunities -- information about opportunities, I should say -- to use other methods of leaving Yemen, and that's why we have been very clear since the mid-1990s that people should not travel to Yemen," State Department acting spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters Monday."

Yemen, the trumpeted success story, Yemen? Or some other Yemen?

Posted by: Gem at April 22, 2015 03:54 PM (c+gwp)

253 I wonder if this 'Anna' has big hooters?

She does in my imagination.

Posted by: toby928(C) at April 22, 2015 03:58 PM (evdj2)

254 I wonder if this 'Anna' has big hooters?

Oh man, you should see what I do to them in my brain.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards at April 22, 2015 04:02 PM (fwARV)

255 I wonder if this 'Anna' has big hooters?

I dribble those things like the Harlem Globetrotters. Up one side, down the other.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards at April 22, 2015 04:04 PM (fwARV)

256 What I would like to know is how in the FUCK did the state department think that putting these PROFOUNDLY STUPID valley girls in front of cameras? It boggles my mind and it's downright enraging to listen to these bimbos talk. last I checked one had to be well educated and speak in a similar manner. Now when I hear these airheads it brings back memories of college dorm gaggle of clueless morons. One more thing, what compels these women to talk the way they do? I feel like I need a class on how to understand stupid.

Fuckin idiots

Posted by: melodicmetal1 at April 22, 2015 04:05 PM (MV2jA)

257 That's funny the God-King Obama is so powerless that he cannot get Americans evacuated out of Yemen (didn't we have an American warship nearly sunk there?) and yet Gerald motherfucking Ford managed to TWICE evacuate Americans (and Brits and other nationalities) from Beirut, Lebanon in 1976 (see Operation FLUID DRIVE).

I guess it would be just too much to ask this jackass to send in the Navy and Marines, establish a temporary beachhead and evacuate our people.

Posted by: Nevyan at April 22, 2015 04:22 PM (zxWyw)

258 If it's not reported in the New York Times and liberals don't accept it as fact then it never happened.

Posted by: Tommy V at April 22, 2015 04:40 PM (NBoRH)

259 Mr. Wolf

78,000 American passport holders, I did not know there were that many. That actually weakens your argument. Hell the Chinese managed to evacuate their people.

Then your conclusion- that if the Obama Administration says something about the issue it might become legally binding is the weakest point of all. Really laughable and sad at the same time that something that lacking in honor is considered a legitimate excuse for this administration.

A government has a duty first to its citizens, imagined future legal entanglements are a laughable priority.

Posted by: The reason Hillary wears a Mao suit at April 22, 2015 04:43 PM (RJMhd)

260 That's the same thing he told Chris Stevens despite sending him there in the first place. Black people are never wrong. That's why they make awesome leaders.

Posted by: Mikey at April 22, 2015 07:06 PM (2f/TW)

261 Americans in Yemen, Americans in Ben Ghazi, another Obama/Jarrett victory for radical Islam. What fool could have figured this one out, eh ?

Posted by: ron n. at April 22, 2015 11:33 PM (YVQn/)

262 yep

Posted by: Harley Quinn at April 23, 2015 03:16 PM (snilk)

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