Letters to the Editor
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Let's Roll!
This is wonderful, and such a great image: The Nation's Pep Squad, led by Head Cheerleader. I'll never be able to watch these glorious pundits again without having a mental image of them dressed in short skirts holding pompoms. Thanks so much, Glenn!
Their beloved Reagan was a cheerleader of sorts, too, during a war, was he not? I think they must also largely admire him because he had such an ability to forget important stuff. Inhofe is trying his best to fill those shoes:
Inhofe, speaking to the press before Cheney's arrival, lambasted Democrats for Thursday's Senate vote to begin withdrawal from Iraq by Oct. 1 and the press for "mischaracterizing" the reasons for U.S. involvement.
"The whole idea of weapons of mass destruction was never the issue, yet they keep trying to bring this up," Inhofe said.
http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2007/05/inhofes_historical_revisionism.php
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david78209 & jpmillertx
'"We win, they lose," at least the meaning of "We" is pretty clear. Then I thought a little more...I think they're talking about more than just the United States or our military.'
David, the first thing that jumped into my mind was "we", meaning "neocons", and "they", meaning pretty much everyone else.
jpmillertx, my vote goes for the first cheer although they're all pretty insightful.
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You Don't "Win" An Occupation
As Juan Cole says, the war ended 4 years ago. What we're doing in Iraq now isn't a war, it's an occupation. You don't "win" an occupation. You either occupy or you don't. The real question is costs vs. benefits and the Iraq Occupation doesn't pass the test.
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We Win/They Lose
So when this latest bit of kindergarten-level right wing "logic" fails, what's next with these people, time-outs?
"Bad terrorist! We must learn that blowing up buildings is a very naughty thing to do, now isn't it? You go sit in that corner over there and you just think about what you've done! And no recess!!"
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Cheers!
Don't make fun of Arne. Whenever he says "cheers" you can be sure it involves a drinking game.
As TBogg said, Oh.Dear.God.
http://tbogg.blogspot.com/2007/04/oh.html
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hammers and nails
There's a famous saying that, when your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.
So, if your only tool is a pair of pom-poms...
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Ann-Margret for President!
Glenn: The list of our country's most famous cheerleaders is a diverse and prestigious one -- including Ann-Margaret, Paula Abdul, Vanna White, Katie Couric, Mandy Moore, Trent Lott, Thad Cochran and George W. Bush.
What this country needs is a Kitten with a Whip. I'd even be willing to sit through a revised Viva Las Vegas with Elvis wooing Chimpy by the swimming pool. Not to mention W in Bye Bye Bushie!
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There is a big difference between these types of cheerleaders
As I remember from my good old college days, the cheerleaders would often do some astonishing routines, in addition to the cheers themselves. They would form enormous standing pyramids, throw each other high into the air, all the while doing flips, catching each other after the flips -- truly impressive stuff. Unlike the Victory Caucus, or whatever they are calling themselves now, the real cheerleaders actually put themselves at serious physical risk.
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Hey Glenn, I quoted you...
I excerpted this para. from a few days ago,
"While the Bush administration expressly adopts these theories to detain American citizens without charges, engage in domestic surveillance on Americans in clear violation of the laws we enacted to limit that power, and asserts a general right to disregard laws which interfere with the President's will, our media still barely discusses those issues."
and railed @ the panelists.
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We are still trying to win hearts and minds...
The old fashioned way, with bombs and ground troops...
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Winning and Loosing
The we win you loose folks forgot to point out that the terrorists will follow us back here if we remove our troops from Iraq.
It is common knowledge that each C130 has a secret compartment that the evil doers are waiting to hide in on returning flights.
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A bit more about Patrick Ruffini...
Webmaster for the Bush/Cheney 04 campaign, From A Tiny Revolution
http://www.tinyrevolution.com/mt/archives/000724.html
Y'all remember they take their cheerleading more seriously than their football down in Texas, right?
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107861/
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Objects of derision and scorn
This is exactly how this nonsense should be dealt with.
Also, if I am correct, this is your first directly satirical and overtly humourous post Glenn, and it suits you well.
Finally:
Life is so Good!
Life is so Great!
Abortion is
What we hate!
Life is so Good!
Life is so Great!
End the war?
Now we're irate!
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The Differences
Perhaps the most important difference is that those cheers you quoted were intended to be delivered in the context of a sporting event, a game, where the rules state there will, of necessity, be a 'winner' and a 'loser', barring the unlikely tie. Frist et al. are talking about a complex global political problem and a war, where there is no guarantee that one side must win, and some would say all sides lose.
Second, I notice they all focus on reasserting the quality of their team, and not at all on demeaning and attacking those who are not cheering along as traitors who 'embolden' the other team. If I were to suggest that the coach play Jimmy instead of Tommy, or switch to a zone defense, I feel confident that the cheerleaders would not suddenly start cheering for me to be punished.
Finally, I must assume that even the dedicated cheerleaders on Ms. Ninemire's site would be confused if, when a football game was in progress against Northside, the coach pulled players away to begin a game against Southside, based on bogus information that Southside had contributed to the recent big loss, and only sent four players despite being told that it took eleven to make a complete football team. I think even CHEERCHICK24 and LIZBETH401, after that, might have stopped cheering after the 'surprise game' against Southside had devolved into a pointless gang fight.
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Be careful...
These girls sound like they are trouble... some bad dudettes.
The cheerleaders had reportedly been a menace long before the condom-store episode, according to the report. When one teacher told a squad member to quit chatting on her cell phone in class, the girl replied, "Shut up, I'm talking to my Mom." On a separate occasion, she offered this response to the teacher's reprimand: "Pull your panties out of a wad." "Gang members were nothing compared to these girls," the teacher told Jones. "They believe they cannot be touched." The girls were apparently just as ornery in their cheerleading activities, leading five coaches to quit in the last three years. The principal's daughter flipped off one former coach. But instead of kicking the daughter off the squad, school administrators allowed her to quit so she could try out the following year. After the incident, the coach told Jones, Theret "tried to ruin my life over this. I was called a liar, crazy, on meds."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16441559/site/newsweek/