tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post255516176572640460..comments2024-03-18T02:10:04.863-04:00Comments on Raw Dawg Buffalo: powell driverAll-Mi-T [Thought Crime] Rawdawgbuffalohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08843040863123899426noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-39893376767493581222008-04-13T03:44:00.000-04:002008-04-13T03:44:00.000-04:00Great! Just give some bigot two targets to go afte...Great! Just give some bigot two targets to go after instead of one! J/K but seriously Colin would have went for the presidency but his wife had serious reservations of him being the first black president so she talked him out of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-74717306789248728542008-04-13T00:12:00.000-04:002008-04-13T00:12:00.000-04:00Oh, by the way, T:Let me congratulate you on not o...Oh, by the way, T:<BR/><BR/>Let me congratulate you on not only your eclectic range of posts and no-holds-barred style but also for assembling a huge following every single one of them is thoughtful, respectful, and wise in the sense of separating rhetorical effect from personal effrontery and all of whom like you write from the heart without fear or favor.<BR/><BR/>Dale, mi hermanoKELSO'S NUTShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14636889771989672795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-6121950975475002302008-04-13T00:03:00.000-04:002008-04-13T00:03:00.000-04:00T:Congratulations on beating UCLA. Sorry about lo...T:<BR/><BR/>Congratulations on beating UCLA. Sorry about losing to KU. I was rooting for you in that one.<BR/><BR/>Powell is a non-starter for me. I can say 4 good things about him and about 1000 terrible ones.<BR/><BR/>GOOD<BR/>1) He is as you describe him: bright, well-educated and capable.<BR/><BR/>2) He is scholarly and was once courageous enough to give a speech on criminal and racial injustice before the 2000 Republican National Convention that would be considered a powerful one at a conference of criminal defense attorneys<BR/><BR/>3) He already shot his jizz killing about 30,000 folk down here for no damned good reason but Pappy Bush wanted a bigger piece of Noriega's yeyo business. So, perhaps as Obama's VP, he'd keep clear of Northern South America with the "been-there-done-that "argument"<BR/>4) His reflexive chain-of-command philosophy runs so deep in him that he'd reflect the views of the more compassionate Barack Obama than his own<BR/><BR/>BAD<BR/>1) Lied the US into a war<BR/>2) Operation "Just Cause" -- they've left the neighborhood is it was...it's a mindfuck<BR/>3) My-Lai. Lt. Calley's "Winston Wolf"<BR/>4) "the Powell Doctrine"<BR/>5) Powell v Noriega: If I'm stuck with a military strongman in charge, I'd take Manuel Noriega in a flash...Both are completely indifferent to human suffering, but Noriega was about Noriega not about "serving" a President or "serving" an Officer with more medallions or "serving" a Military, thus Noriega knew where to draw the line. You didn't fuck with him, he didn't fuck with you. Powell has no concept of a line. His "line" is wherever someone above him tell him it is. <BR/><BR/>For all of Powell's speech on the need for criminal justice reform, Powell's stated positions on the subject mirror Bush's exactly. Noriega was never that mean!<BR/> <BR/>6.....) the remaining 100000s you'll find mouldering into dust around the world and in Arlington<BR/><BR/>In sum, Colin Powell throughout his career has been more of a Nazi than Goebbels, Goering, Himmler, Schleicher, and all those guys ever were. Powell is blessed with great intellectual gifts and possibilty of personal (not military) bravery and has never shown it. Following orders has been his pole star. The the Nazi Party men above there wasn't ONE with either Powell's intellectual gifts or personal good sense which makes Powell far more destestable.<BR/><BR/>In some ways, I think my positive point #4 about him may have the best valence. If you are right,and Powell would add to Obama's electoral strength, he's be a perfect VP because all Obama would have to do his show Powell the Obama playbook, and Powell would salute smartly and charge up the progressive hill BEHIND Obama.<BR/><BR/>Obama's a very good poltician whose heart is in the right place and is learning as he goes. Obama is a guy I'd trust as US president and it's taken me along time to get to that point. All Obama would need to is to tell Powell to forget everything Cheney told him and give Powell the new rule book with the instructions to be as big a bastard in helping me achieve my ends as you were for Cheney.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, as VP under Obama, Powell might go for a coup to overthrow Obama if someone way up, like a George Bush, Sr., were to convince him that Obama was somehow "ruining the miiitary." It would be a bloodless coup, of course, some bullshit impeachment of Obama over nothing, the deatils of which Powell would provide.<BR/><BR/>If it were me as Obama, I'd take Tim Kaine as VP, make Hamilton or Nunn NSA and be done with it. <BR/><BR/>Kelso's Nuts is dormant for the time being. Doing my blogging over the Hellions at <BR/><BR/>http://thedisbrimstone-dailypitchfork.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>Depending on how much traffic I bring them, I may or may not start cross posting.<BR/><BR/>I'll be in touch.KELSO'S NUTShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14636889771989672795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-65577551953308963682008-04-09T18:01:00.000-04:002008-04-09T18:01:00.000-04:00T, Dollar Bill Bradley? I'm from New Jersey where ...T, Dollar Bill Bradley? I'm from New Jersey where he was senator and even I've forgotten about him, so why would you think people in New York think about him, because he played ball 30 years ago for them? <BR/><BR/>And a choice of Obama and Powell would be just as crazy as McCain and Rice. Neither one would bring anything new or vibrant to either tickets. They both represent policies of Bush Junior making them attractive to no one. <BR/><BR/>No my friend, I cant think of anyone right now but Obama needs someone who is going to bring in Florida, Ohio or Texas for him because it's all about the electoral college and what states you can win.<BR/><BR/>A thought, maybe if Richardson could help him win the vote in Texas, then they might as well order the u-haul vans now and start heading for the White House cause that would be a shoe in.Curioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03784893681266233567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-8235691715654852272008-04-09T03:29:00.000-04:002008-04-09T03:29:00.000-04:00uh... that is an interesting concept. I can't say...uh... that is an interesting concept. I can't say I've thought about that one.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537995627507688916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-44692884911350342882008-04-08T20:13:00.000-04:002008-04-08T20:13:00.000-04:00You always come by my blog and spread a little che...You always come by my blog and spread a little cheer, I wanted to try and do the same for you.<BR/><BR/>Have a good weekend.Tabuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760473236404994336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-21313667870025005682008-04-08T19:44:00.000-04:002008-04-08T19:44:00.000-04:00I agree with that. White folks love him, and Blac...I agree with that. White folks love him, and Black folks respect him. I came to respect him more after he left the Bush house of madness...So yeah I definitely could see it.PrettyBlackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10165266284046402228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-17423600331764344392008-04-08T17:28:00.000-04:002008-04-08T17:28:00.000-04:00Hmmmm.... Chuck Norris? lol too funny!Hmmmm.... Chuck Norris? <BR/><BR/><BR/>lol too funny!Miriamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06067406973014144499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-39440440478442961652008-04-08T15:39:00.000-04:002008-04-08T15:39:00.000-04:00Jaded--I totally agree with you about Powell, but ...Jaded--I totally agree with you about Powell, but I think the problem is that too many of us can't think ourselves out of a cardboard box, so dissociating Powell from the Bush Administration is asking way too much. Kind of the same way people have super-glued Obama to Wright for the rest of eternity no matter what Obama says or does, wright, wrong, or anywhere in between (sorry, couldn't resist).<BR/><BR/>I thought Lieberman already endorsed McCain?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-21988455012188530512008-04-08T10:21:00.000-04:002008-04-08T10:21:00.000-04:00Colin Powell? Colin Powell?Puhleeze. This chump as...Colin Powell? Colin Powell?<BR/><BR/>Puhleeze. This chump ass fool has been carrying water for "whitey" for 40 years. Plus, he lied to the Congress about the My Lai massacre.<BR/><BR/>I can't stand him.<BR/><BR/>My man Barack can do much better than asking Powell to be his veep.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15788931352232874850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-8318806753475232562008-04-08T10:14:00.000-04:002008-04-08T10:14:00.000-04:00I can see where the resentment for Powell comes fr...I can see where the resentment for Powell comes from in the comments, but I really think the man was lied to. The anger he seemed to have when he came to the realization that nothing was as he thought it was made me think that he had to use every ounce of self control not to freak out on the administration. I'm not saying he's 100% without blame, but I don't hold him accountable in the same way I hold Bush accountable. I really like Powell. I don't think he knew just how much of his soul he'd be expected to sell once he got a job in politics. Ok, technically it was a job in the government, but, it's all about politics. <BR/><BR/>I don't know who the dream running mate should be. Edwards says he won't do it, even though I like him. Maybe Joe Lieberman? It might be interesting to watch the righ wing conspiracy theorists freaking out because a black man and a jewish man are trying to run the country. It would never occur to them that these men are just Americans who want to do right by the people.Jadedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01429987593716194512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-37281140981125119362008-04-07T23:01:00.000-04:002008-04-07T23:01:00.000-04:00you think they are really ready for 2 black men in...you think they are really ready for 2 black men in the white house?<BR/>I mean I agree he would be a great running mate especially with the Clintons always barking about experience and all...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466518864371910621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-64488214351292369142008-04-07T22:43:00.000-04:002008-04-07T22:43:00.000-04:00I forgot to mention--all the years of "experience"...I forgot to mention--all the years of "experience" of our collective Washington posse? What the hell has it gotten us--really? I think "experience" has been part of the problem with why nothing productive and worthwhile *seems* to get done in Washington. <BR/><BR/>After having given it a little more thought, I do like the thought of Nader--I like his views on some things much more than those of other folks, and I think his background as an Arab-American might be helpful? <I>Or</I>, it might just freak everybody the hell out as I'm sure there would be all kinds of assumptions, stereotyping and fear-mongering going on...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-26230693265174638482008-04-07T22:32:00.000-04:002008-04-07T22:32:00.000-04:00I definitely would have picked Bruce Lee if he wer...I definitely would have picked Bruce Lee if he were alive. Every one knows he put Chuck down!Ed & Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730956006290504616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-70646477128075813222008-04-07T22:30:00.000-04:002008-04-07T22:30:00.000-04:00I think the ship sinks with Powell. As others have...I think the ship sinks with Powell. As others have said, despite his change of heart, I don't think people are ready to absolve him of his role in taking us into war. <BR/><BR/>His personal combat credentials are honorable, but he's just too close to the Iraq fiasco. The media would shred the Obama campaign to bits if he chose Powell.<BR/><BR/>Edwards? Hmmm. I'm guessing that his not having endorsed anybody by now means that he's still perhaps trying to keep his VP options open? Given the extent to which it may have really helped Obama for him to have done that a while back, I, personally, don't like him. But it's not about what I like...<BR/><BR/>So, I'm not quite sure, but it's a damned good question. Dunno.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-50234152312293499312008-04-07T20:59:00.000-04:002008-04-07T20:59:00.000-04:00jeff - not your fault u a fuck boy, what i should ...jeff - not your fault u a fuck boy, what i should dis u cause malcom X was killed by brothers in NYC? reason u a fuck boy number 1. Two: You just a hater. ill send my address if u the truth and want some folk<BR/><BR/>Moody - Memphis I hope we win<BR/><BR/>Babz - good look, albeit we beat UCONN this year by 17 in NYC<BR/><BR/>Doug - it will be alright LOL<BR/><BR/>VE - i was hoping u would have said bruce lee<BR/><BR/>Bookfraud - get one of my books home boy and do me justice MEMPHIS all the way<BR/><BR/><BR/>Exquisitely Black - u know i am outside the box, i mean go figure, my daughter's mom has bipolar and calls me crazy LOL<BR/><BR/>Sub - too many brain cells, good look, and u make an exceptional point.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Don - very good, shoot me an email got something to tell u on the low<BR/><BR/>Bernice - still a baby compared to MCCAIN<BR/><BR/><BR/>buelahman - its cool, i know u respect and have nothing but love for me as i do u<BR/><BR/><BR/>Miss - i agree completely and hanks for the drive by and do return pls<BR/><BR/>Dancewater - i respect that<BR/><BR/>anon - aint it thoughAll-Mi-T [Thought Crime] Rawdawgbuffalohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08843040863123899426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-35511771131666323682008-04-07T20:14:00.000-04:002008-04-07T20:14:00.000-04:00You all are just memphis nothing special. The poin...You all are just memphis nothing special. The point guard from Chicago help move your squad. Don't burn down the city if you all win. I don't see what's so special bout memphis dun. SON, I don 't understand been there help me out. King died here, beale street, ribs and blues which I can care less about. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Maybe I been in NY to long. Maybe I'm mad one sided.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-87085338104615608622008-04-07T18:50:00.000-04:002008-04-07T18:50:00.000-04:00Memphis all the way!!!!I like Powell. He had mome...Memphis all the way!!!!<BR/><BR/>I like Powell. He had moments of "WTF" but his character stands. Good choice.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17555538467366856098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-66446384485410115572008-04-07T17:16:00.000-04:002008-04-07T17:16:00.000-04:00I am a UCONN Fan, BUT, I will cheer for Memphis to...I am a UCONN Fan, BUT, I will cheer for Memphis tonight. I think there is something to the fact that Memphis hasn't gotten the level of respect their team deserves. They are not UCONN, but they have heart and I love a team with heart, commitment and mental toughness and they have a running game that makes me long for the Running Rebels of days gone by...but I digress.<BR/><BR/>They have swagger, and I can't resist swagger!Babz Rawls Ivyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04059921674059371076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-309202980329479932008-04-07T14:17:00.000-04:002008-04-07T14:17:00.000-04:00Powell? I can't get past him waving around that ba...Powell? I can't get past him waving around that baggy before Congress. I'm with buelahman on this. The man didn't speak up when it would have made a difference, then he ratted at a time when it couldn't much help.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure who I would like as veep. Still feeling singed over Edwards dropping out, and I guess Edwards has already said no to the veep idea anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-13323683620266607582008-04-07T14:10:00.000-04:002008-04-07T14:10:00.000-04:00I'm hoping he picks Chuck Norris because: - Chuck ...I'm hoping he picks Chuck Norris because: <BR/><BR/>- Chuck Norris is the reason why Waldo is hiding.<BR/>- Chuck Norris’ hand is the only hand that can beat a Royal Flush<BR/>- Chuck Norris can slam a revolving door<BR/>- Chuck Norris doesn’t wear a watch, HE decides what time it isEd & Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730956006290504616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-46923646141213749462008-04-07T13:29:00.000-04:002008-04-07T13:29:00.000-04:00Powell..ah NO! He lost a great deal of credibilit...Powell..ah NO! He lost a great deal of credibility pimping this nightmare of a war/occupation in Iraq. Besides his wife ain't letting him no where near a political career. <BR/><BR/>So since we are dreaming and dreaming in high Definition--I say Nadar. Why? Why not? He has an amazing record of consumer activism, he has stood up to big business which might mean something to all the bleeding heart liberals. I am no Nadar fan for president, but as a VP he maybe able to tote water. <BR/><BR/>I would like a woman in the #2 spot if I could get my way. There are only 8 women sitting as Governors, 5 are Dems. (Kathleen Sebelius--my personal pick, Jennifer Granholm D-MI, Christine Gregoire D-WA, Ruth Ann Minner D-DE, Janet Napolitano D-AZ) <BR/><BR/>And I do like Dodd--I am from CT he has been good here.Babz Rawls Ivyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04059921674059371076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-70018907666361990992008-04-07T12:49:00.000-04:002008-04-07T12:49:00.000-04:00what's damn amazing is that i just put up a post a...what's damn amazing is that i just put up a post about 10 minutes ago about u of memphis basketball. damn.<BR/><BR/>powell is an interesting pick, showing that you have more imagination than 99.99 percent of all the other pundits on the planet. i doubt he'd go for it, and, like e.b. mentions above, obama might have trouble reconciling his anti-war position with powell's infamous u.n. speech, but it is intriguing.<BR/><BR/>i have a better name: eliot spitzer for vp. obama would sweep new york, get the much-coveted hooker demographic, and have somebody he could dump on when things got bad in the white house.<BR/><BR/>go tigers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-6021337861350835592008-04-07T12:02:00.000-04:002008-04-07T12:02:00.000-04:00Hadn't even considered him - interesting pick.If y...Hadn't even considered him - interesting pick.<BR/><BR/>If you look at this from the acceptability and electability (sp?)standpoint of white America - have to agree with your pick. You could also add in the fact that this would present the combined Democratic/Republic utopia Barack talks about. <BR/><BR/>On the other hand, Barack would stand to lose those that will never be able to forgive Colin Powell for first, working under the Bush administration and 2nd, for lying to us about those dreaded WMD's. (though some would argue he was only relaying information provided to him by the CIA)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17646926.post-88567797099657426162008-04-07T10:58:00.000-04:002008-04-07T10:58:00.000-04:00Not bad, Torrance but I'll raise you one better.Ob...Not bad, Torrance but <A HREF="http://soulconviction.blogspot.com/2008/02/barack-obama-has-had-gettysburg-moment.html" REL="nofollow">I'll raise you one better</A>.<BR/><BR/>Obama will never engender the full support of the party establishment. He knows this, or at least he should. He needs Chuck Hagel to win enough Independents to offset the intraparty losses that will result from his ascendancy. It also gives him a fifty state strategy and breaks the electoral stalemate as currently comprised under the American duopoly.<BR/><BR/>You see, Hillary is right when she says that Obama can't win under this system. The red state - blue state divide is a losing proposition for Barack. He needs to cross the Pyrenees into a fifty state campaign in order to win.<BR/><BR/>What she and others have been missing is that Obama is doing his version of Ronald Reagan's remake of the electoral landscape. This is a realignment of techtonic proportions. The traditional political calculus no longer applies to Barack. If it did, then HRC would drop out and everyone would rally around Barack Obama. The right wing sees this but they're stuck with the tools of the past. We are sailing in uncharted waters and the instruments at at their disposal have limited utility.<BR/><BR/>My modest reading of American foreign policy since World War II shows that generals, while compelling and popular figures in their own rights, lack the skills needed to fight political battles in Washington where armchair pugilists like Dick Cheney rule supreme. Colin Powell, Alexander Haig, Maxwell Taylor, Douglas MacArthur, and even George Marshall and Dwight Eisenhower in their relations with Senator McCarthy were not exceptionally talented in managing civilians. Generals typically fall into the mold of MacArthur or Haig and have a highly inflated assessment of their self-worth or resemble Powell and Marshall, morally stringent, loyal individuals ill prepared for the brutish <A HREF="http://youtube.com/watch?v=khU-2d0hstM" REL="nofollow">Muay Thai</A> employed by civilians. On the other hand, Hagel has the rare achievement of being able to defy his party leadership without undermining his own redoubt. He is the archetypal Republican who could possibly attach his fate to Obama. And let's not get too carried away and forget the all too real specter of racism. One black man on the ticket is scary enough for even the most open minded of white folks.Submarinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537419162844897630noreply@blogger.com