For those of us who are incredulous at the changing rationales for our intervention in the Libyan civil war, Deputy National Security Adviser 
Denis McDonough has come to the rescue. He told reporters that “we don’t make decisions about questions like intervention based on consistency or precedent. We make them based on how we can best advance our interests in the region.” Thus, inconsistency is the consistent policy that we are trying to advance?
The White House has sent out legions of allies to defend his decision to intervene in a civil war. We were originally told that we simply wanted to maintain a no-fly zone. We are now actively assisting the rebels in their campaign and taking out government forces. What is most striking are the liberals who are defending the President and acknowledging that the distinction between Libya and Syria is probably oil (which we refer obliquely to as “our interests”). The key is that we no longer offer a pretense of principle or consistency. We appear now to simply be saying that we are the United States and can intervene whenever it suits our purposes.
Source: USA Today
Buddha,
Can’t type – drooling…
That’s it, I’m out – I’m going to actually make some food instead of talking about it. 😉
Buddha,
you are right about Cream of Wheat. I love cereal and oatmeal, but I never could stomach Cream of Wheat!
Elaine,
If you are ever in KC, after looking a Karl’s site and drooling, might I suggest Fritz’s Smoked Meat in KC. It was started by German immigrants in 1927 and I kid you not, they have some awesome sausages. Even their andouille – the French sausage Louisiana is famous for – cannot be beat. I told a New Orleans native I was in law school with that I could get better andouille from Kansas City than any I had had in New Orleans. He called me a liar. So I got some sent from Fritz’s. We had a wonderful meal and I got a profuse apology. I know from looking at the site that Karl’s is probably no slouch either, but if you’re ever in KC? Try Fritz’s. They serve various sausages at lunch, but the rest is all you buy, you cook. They are a full service butcher too. Their smoked pork chops? I’d fight a seven nation army for some of those smokey gems.
http://www.fritzskcmeats.com/index.html
Stamford Liberal:
You have asked one dangerously open question. You will momentarily notice an increase in the amount of heat coming from your monitor.
Tootie:
It is I Stamford Shabazz, but you can call me Malek.
Quit using my name or any portion thereof to denegrate people. Why do hate liberals so much? I read your writings and I think “my god, what is wrong with that woman?”.
What is the basis for your dislike of liberals?
Gyges, Some of us “girls” grow up very slowly.
Slarti,
My mother taught me how to make homemade sauerkraut. It’s excellent–especially when I serve it with with bratwurst and knockwurst we get at a place called Karl’s Sausage Kitchen.
http://www.karlssausage.com/
We serve the sauerkraut and wurst with great Belgian and German beers we get at Henry’s Wine Cellar.
http://www.henryswinecellar.com/
Or even better . . . melted until golden brown or even just a leeeeetle burnt.
Oh my.
I may be having a Homer Simpson moment.
HenMan,
Now there’s a recipe I can get down with!
Melted cheese is in my mind its own food group.
Slarti,
Before a health condition put some restrictions on what I can eat, I used to be a very adventurous eater. I’d go into a restaurant where I knew nothing about the cuisine and order at random. However, there have always been a select few “foods” that just leave me cold. Rhubarb is one such item. I may love the stuff if I’d ever taste it. But the reaction I get when I look at it or smell it is best described as nonplussed. Whatever trigger in the brain says “FOOD!” simply doesn’t fire for it. Same with Cream of Wheat. And it’s not a texture thing with it either as I occasionally like grits and they have an almost identical texture. But a bowl of Cream of Wheat has all the appeal to me as a bowl of wallpaper paste.
The brain is a strange thing.
Gyges, Buddha, Slarti-
How to make a delicious sauerkraut pie:
1. Fill pie crust with sauerkraut.
2. Add sugar and other seasonings.
3. Instead of a top crust, cover the sauerkraut with slices of your favorite cheese.
4. Bake until the cheese melts and becomes crispy around the edges.
5. Remove the melted cheese.
6. Throw out the crust and sauerkraut and eat the melted cheese.
There’s a huge difference with disagreeing with homosexuality and being a proponent of discrimination based on sexual orientation, Tootles. Like that time you were overjoyed when a little girl was discriminated against because her parents – not her – were homosexuals. If you disagree with homosexuality, don’t be a homosexual. But being for discrimination against those who are does in indeed make you a bigot, Tootles.
bigot \ˈbi-gət\, n.,
: a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group with hatred and intolerance
Even worse, you extended your bigotry to an innocent pre-pubescent child because of the sexual orientation of her parents. Which makes you a bigot and a general ass who would punish children for the actions of their parents.
See?
You managed to look like a complete fool all by yourself, Tootles.
The people at Fleet must be so proud of you, their misbegotten water baby.
Elaine:
Newt’s adultery doesn’t affect me. Obama, Reid’s, and Pelosi’s viewpoint (e.g. corruption) of Christian charity does so directly. So does their approval of sexual molestation at our airports. I am positive that God doesn’t want me sexually molested by my government. How these imbeciles miss it is beyond me. And, naturally, the state always has an interest in protecting the innocent from slaughter. They approve of it contrary to scripture.
These things on a scale of one to ten are eight to ten. Newt’s failure pales in comparison. I would never vote for him, of course. And Newt did these things not as a practicing Christian. On the other hand Reid, Pelosi, and Obama commit their evil and criminal deeds in the name of God.
It is important to know that Newt and Obama are on the same team. Both grovel at the feet of the Council on Foreign Relations (Newt, McCain, and Biden being among its more prominent long time members).
Hillary takes her orders from the CFR. So did her hubby (and GW).
Their goal is one world government and the abolition of borders, sovereign nations, and the nation-state. They are all dangerous, extremist, subversives, and yet all of them claim to be Christians. That makes it my business. So does the my sworn oath to uphold the Constitution.
I try not to miss the forest for the trees.
Buddha,
No mutant celery for me, either! My mother used to grow it beside the house and *shudder* make ‘food’ with it…
Stazi Stamford (aks Samir Shabazz)
Oh you are fun!
You said “You may think your opinion matters, your Royal Vileness, but it doesn’t mean shit to me.”
Tootie says:
It is obvious that Stamford thinks my opinion matters by the incessant responses Stamford gives to them.
Stamford Samir Shabazz said
“Further, I don’t have to live with you think of me and it’s goddamned pathetic on your part that you think I do.”
Tootie says:
HUH?
Stamford Samir Shabazz said:
“I set no standard’s, I set no rules for anyone but myself.”
Tootie says:
I was the first one in this “conversation” who said you set the rules for yourself so it isn’t necessary to repeat it as if I hadn’t already said so. I’m merely following your example–your rules. And boy, you don’t like them!
Stamford Samir Shabazz said:
“You, however, have proven you are a bigotted, ignorant, hypocritical, paranoid, homophobic asshat…”
Tootie says:
Those comments are just opinions not facts. You pretend they are facts like one can prove that water is made up of three molecules. This quaint superstition of yours that you can prove these things about me only proves you don’t know what a fact is or that you are unfamiliar with the concept of evidence. You might as well be reading entrails to determine if I’m guilty or not as charged. Your “method”, whatever it may be, is just as unscientific. No, those are not facts. All you have is your superstitions and they are making a mockery of whatever intelligence you might really have. You also delude yourself for the purpose of your unseemly emotions by pretending your opinions are fact in order to allow yourself the license to hate me and attack me personally. You are really a very very small person. You won’t attack my evidence or the issues, instead you attack me. I gather that this is because you are not as smart as you think and simply cannot overcome my arguments. On the other hand, my quest is to win people over (even if I don’t do a good job of persuading). You have no such intention. Your intention is destroy me (no doubt others) in whatever way you can and then claim I’m the bad guy.
It would do you good to remember that a bigot is not someone who merely or greatly disagrees with others about issues. Of course you could remember or “re” call this only if you knew it in the first place. And I get the feeling you have no idea what the word bigot means. So take this as your first lesson (and I know you will read it because you cannot resist).
I, for instance disagree with homosexuals and supporters of amnesty. This does not make me a bigot. It makes me an opponent. The bigotry comes into the story with you and your abuse of me because I have the audacity (in your mind) to disagree with you. This you cannot tolerate. You feel that there can be no possible virtue in my disagreeing with you and thus you permit yourself to dehumanize me. With you there is no agreeing to disagree. I, on the other hand simply wish to beg the differ with you. I will not personally attack you for your opinions (some of which I loathe as much as you loathe mine). This is because, and I don’t mean to be arrogant, I am better than you. Actually, Jesus is better than me. He keeps me in check. Without him I’d be like you: vicious, hateful, bullying. I really would be. And in fact, I was. You come at me with vicious and untrue comments and then pretend I’m the bad guy. That is as close to the definition of bigotry as it comes. So on that score you have it bass ackwards and would more likely be the person one might call an “asshat”. I freely admit that once I’m attacked, I’m going to counterattack with gusto.
Stamford Samir Shabazz then says that I am a
“christian” who expects others to swallow the vomit you spew with nary a word, but piss, moan, whine and play the victim when you are called to the carpet for it. Sorry, Taliban – that shit doesn’t fly with me.”
Tootie says:
(Stam Samir Shabazz is often talking about butts and asses in posts. And now it is p*ss, sh*t, and f*ck this and that). Dear reader please draw your own conclusions about his or her intellectual capabilities, emotional instability, and/or juvenile obsessions.
I am not claiming to be the victim of having my arguments overturned by stunning evidence or powers of persuasion on your part. I am merely pointing out that instead of winning me over to your side or even just ignoring me and going about your business you prefer to take the low road of incessant and demeaning personal attacks.
Then you claim “You, on the other hand, must live with the fact that you are far from the sharpest tool in the shed.” But it is your constant personal attacks on me and your failure to address the issues which is more likely to indicate a person who is not “the sharpest tool in the shed”. You conduct is thus more apt to be characteristic of a person with a poor upbringing and bad education, but I am the one most likely of both.
We’ve gone over much of this before but I guess you need a reminder.
Slarti,
In all truthfulness, I’ve never tried rhubarb.
Pie or not, the thought of angry looking celery has never appealed to me.
I didn’t know bringing Huckabee up would cause such a brouhaha. I saw the video on another blog and was horrified. He is the currently the leader in the polls, and he could be the republican nominee. Obama does have many scary opponents. That is the current reality. Gyges, do you actually think I would try to convince Buddha how to vote? There is no way. Thank you for the compliment. I will have a slice of rhubarb pie and a chicago vienna beef hot dog with sauerkraut on it. I don’t eat the hot dog unless I am in Chicago.
Buddha,
You disappoint me – first rhubarb, now sauerkraut*? (Gyges gets a pass for giving me his chili recipe…)
*I also eschew sauerkraut on religious grounds lest the Flying Spaghetti Monster smite me with its noodlely appendage.
Tootie,
I wasn’t the one who originally brought the Huckster up.
So tell me, Tootie, have Obama and Reid committed adultery because they’re so passionate about the US? Did they dump wives who had cancer? I’d say the Ole Newtster is one of the shiningest stars of hypocrisy. Newt–fornicating for God and country!
Buddha,
Much like home-made Kvass, it’s not nearly as bad as it sounds. Of course that just means the nobody outside of the very hungry or thirsty would consume it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvass