4:51 pm October 21, 2011, by Jay
I posted a more traditional, sedate version of this much-traveled song earlier, in the post about the coming end of U.S. military involvement in Iraq. It began its life as “Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye,” an early 19th-century Irish folksong that bewails the fate of Irishmen lured into fighting on Britain’s behalf overseas.
From there it became a favorite song of the U.S. Civil War, insinuating itself into the American military tradition as “When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again.” As kids, we used to sing our own playground parody of the song, in that case about ants that go “marching down, to the ground, to get out of the rain….”
And here, with their own much-different version, the great English band the Clash, from 1979:
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liberalefty
October 23rd, 2011
3:55 pm
@DOGGONE
youre absolutely right i have no proof
getalife
October 23rd, 2011
3:56 pm
“Perry Raises Doubts Over Obama Birth Certificate”
Birther.
Geez.
Doggone/GA
October 23rd, 2011
3:56 pm
“And of course Kaddafyhi was only accused”BUT NOT CONVICTED” of killing thousands of his own countrymen”
I never said anything like that. I will NOT defend YOUR words.
liberalefty
October 23rd, 2011
3:58 pm
@thulsa
its not the governments fault that folks are outta work. if 90% is working that says something about the 10% whose not. i thought u repubs didnt look for the government too make sure if u have a job or not. its up to the individual to do that on his/her own, by having skills suited to the changing job market
liberalefty
October 23rd, 2011
4:00 pm
@getalife
PERRY’S just another christian racist who spreads the hate of jesus wherever he goes
liberalefty
October 23rd, 2011
4:01 pm
FALCONS just got a 1st down, they should win this game, 5:50 remaing
Thulsa Doom
October 23rd, 2011
4:02 pm
“To be sure, Schoedinger’s accusations – which include being drugged and sexually assaulted numerous times by Bush and other men purporting to be FBI agents – are bizarre and hard for most people to believe. But her story fits in with those told by a growing number of people who say they were used as guinea pigs or whatever by members of the CIA or another U.S. agency who wanted to test out the latest mind-controlling drug or just have a strange form of release. And her death – let’s just say government agents have made murders look like suicides before.”
Oh lawdy, somebody done got the conspiratists going. Men in black and all that.
“In her court petition, Schoedinger said police in Sugar Land, another Houston suburb where she said some assailants linked to Bush attempted to unsuccessfully abduct her from her car shortly before the 2000 election, refused to take a report or do anything about that incident. She filed a lawsuit against the Sugar Land department and said that in preparing its defense, Sugar Land police found out that she dated Bush as a minor.”
Hmmm. So Bush had some local cops just randomly abduct a woman out of a car and bring her to him to be raped? Kook lefty world shore is amusing.And that racist Bush was dating interracially way back in the day? Uh huh. Sure. Yep. Whatevuh you say!
Midori,
I’m not going to insult your intelligence by suggesting that your mind actually believes that nonsensical, crazy story that you posted by a woman categorized as deranged. Instead I am going to proffer on your behalf that you posted it as a joke since the woman obviously is a paranoid schizo. I know you are joking for the simple reason that no rational person would actually believe this kook.
JamVet
October 23rd, 2011
4:03 pm
liberalefty @3:24, I concur.
Some will parse the qualifier ever, but the point is valid.
Deadly, incompetent and shameful.
No modern president is even in his zip code. If one took all of the worst attributes of those individuals and put them all together, the result would be W.
And the rubes who elected him and enabled him are to blame.
Especially the second time…
liberalefty
October 23rd, 2011
4:08 pm
OBAMA THE TERRORIST KILLER, …dumb dubya, terrorist’s stooge.lol… OSAMA was doing real good until BARRACK HUSSEIN OBAMA had his azz wacked.
Thulsa Doom
October 23rd, 2011
4:10 pm
liberal left,
If govt stays out of things and just lets the private sector do what it does rather than picking winners and losers, saddling business with mandates such as obamacare and a heavy handed regulatory environment, and quit engaging in crony capitalism than we would all be better off. Keep in mind that through the majority of this nation’s history we had a vastly smaller federal govt, no permanent income tax until 1913, and the economy grew to make this new startup country a world power in a little over 100 years. People seemed to do fine before the federal govt became so involved in the economy and everyday life. Seems to many of you got hooked on the nanny state.
Thulsa Doom
October 23rd, 2011
4:13 pm
Liberallefty,
Give it a rest. Its not as if Obama went in and grabbed UBL himself. Just a little factoid but the infor on UBL’s trusted courier is what eventually led to us finding him and that infor was gleaned from terrorists using those ahem “enhanced interrogation” techniques during the Bush era. Just keep those facts in mind sir.
liberalefty
October 23rd, 2011
4:14 pm
@thulsa
not another ode to the wonderful “good ole days” of yesteryore! like i said the unemployed are unemployed because they dont have the skills to compete, yet u blame the guvment. u sure u arent a OWS liberal
Doggone/GA
October 23rd, 2011
4:16 pm
“If govt stays out of things and just lets the private sector do what it does”
You can thank the burnt to death workers of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory for the death of “letting the private sector do what it does” What it DID resulted in the deaths of 148 workers in a locked building. The direct result of the public outrage over that fire lead the fight for government regulation of businesses and their practices. Because you can NOT trust business to do the right thing when left to itself.
liberalefty
October 23rd, 2011
4:17 pm
yeah i’m glad the feds didnt get involved in CIVIL RIGHTS, SAFTEY REGULATIONs, CLEAN WATER, CHILD LABOR,VOTING RIGHTS…. that mean old washington guvment
liberalefty
October 23rd, 2011
4:19 pm
@doggone
it seems the people who love the “good ole days” forget about the realities but see it through a WALT DISNEY lens.
Midori
October 23rd, 2011
4:20 pm
trust me Thulsa — there is no way in hades you could EVAH insult my intelligence.
having said that, if you can dredge up phantoms from the past, why should I not be afforded the same?
don’t like it? go hang out with your marchstep buddies over at kyle’s?
I’m sure there’s ‘lots’ of intelligence over there to “insult”
you simply can’t have it both ways here. Several of those women had issues. WTF are you to tell us which of them are credible?
pogo
October 23rd, 2011
4:27 pm
Libya is headed towards sharia law. More oppression, only of a different sort. Life goes on and intervention will once again prove futile.
getalife
October 23rd, 2011
4:27 pm
doomy is like the Dolphins.
Just can’t win.
Sorry Mick.
Doggone/GA
October 23rd, 2011
4:28 pm
“it seems the people who love the “good ole days” forget about the realities but see it through a WALT DISNEY lens.”
What’s interesting to me is that individuals, and politicians, decry over-regulation. Businesses? Not so much, because most of the heads of those businesses realize that government regulations PROTECT them as much as, if not more, than they hinder them.
getalife
October 23rd, 2011
4:29 pm
pogo,
There are free to choose their government.
I bet they are still our ally unlike Iraq and Afghanistan.
Talk about waste, man up and admit it.
liberalefty
October 23rd, 2011
4:30 pm
@thulsa
u hate the fact that OSAMA got killed on orders from this president dont you, and i love it.
liberalefty
October 23rd, 2011
4:32 pm
if the repubs were so good in defending america, then why were we attacked?
pogo
October 23rd, 2011
4:33 pm
As for Iraq, it will devolve into secular violence and sooner or later another oppressive regime. But at least we won’t be there, at least for a little while. There are no victories to be trumpeted in the middle east.
getalife
October 23rd, 2011
4:36 pm
Great Presidents continue to serve after they leave office.
w is at the Rangers game jinxing that team with his bad karma.
Recon (2nd.and 3rd.)
October 23rd, 2011
4:36 pm
“There are no victories to be trumpeted in the middle east.”
The Obama administration has certainly seen to that.
Thulsa Doom
October 23rd, 2011
4:38 pm
doggone,
Good lord,
We’re not talking about the most basic safety measures dear. Good grief. I talk about burdensome regulation in today’s environment and you bring up a factory fire from 100 years ago. It just doesn’t get any crazier.
Midori,
I’m sorry ma’am but anyone who thinks that deranged woman who obviously has mental problems is credible needs to have their own head examined. You can go ahead and fess up. You were kidding right? Right? Please dear God tell me that you were kidding and that your mind didn’t actually trick itself into somehow believing that woman had an ounce of credibility. My box of rocks would be smarter than that. My box of rocks aint so damn stupid that those rocks would believe that the feds would have local cops just abduct a girl out of her car and bring her to Bush to be raped. Nobody, and I mean nobody, is that damn stupid.
liberal lefty,
I kinda like the OWS people even if they are kooks. They do have a reason to rant about Wall Street even if they don’t know what they are talking about. Perhaps them Wall Streeters in liberal NY city, in liberal blue state NY need to get a handle on those crooks. So who was Obama’s top campaign contributor in 2008? Goldman Sachs you say? Just the facts sir. Just give me the facts.
getalife
October 23rd, 2011
4:38 pm
pogo,
We won Libya.
You are a defeatist.
The adults are in charge.
Midori
October 23rd, 2011
4:39 pm
Getalife @ 4:36
ain’t it the truth?
where’s Doomy? did he get his head loped off again??
getalife
October 23rd, 2011
4:39 pm
doomy,
Grow up.
You argue like a child.
Recon (2nd.and 3rd.)
October 23rd, 2011
4:40 pm
“We won Libya.” Yeah sure.
Mick
October 23rd, 2011
4:40 pm
The fins got tebowed, classic mess in miami.
Midori
October 23rd, 2011
4:40 pm
oh there you are Doomy.
I recall Juanita being referred to as “deranged” as well.
are we playing poker here?
I just called your nutcase and raised.
pity you can’t see that.
getalife
October 23rd, 2011
4:41 pm
Midori,
doomy has issues and is regressing to being a silly child
liberalefty
October 23rd, 2011
4:43 pm
@recon
if u and rightwing politicians think IRAQ should have a American military presence, why dont y’all patriots form your own army financed by the KOCH brothers and MORMON MITT. good bye!
Thulsa Doom
October 23rd, 2011
4:43 pm
liberal lefty,
I’m glad that we got ubl period. Doesn’t matter to me if he was killed under W or Obama. Just because you think that we cons think in the same sick fashion as some libs doesn’t make it so. Cons are happy we got him period unlike libs who seemed to root against us went we first went into Iraq. Ya’ll are just sick to think that its important who was potus when ubl got killed.
Mick
October 23rd, 2011
4:44 pm
I love the way scout comes on here, pulls out 13 year old accusation of clinton and leaves by saying, you all play nice now, what a retrograde ploy worthy of nobody…
liberalefty
October 23rd, 2011
4:45 pm
@thulsa
sorry dont believe you and listening to cons like LIMBAUGH i know i’m right.
getalife
October 23rd, 2011
4:46 pm
In three years our President crushed aq, got obl and won the Libya war.
No US casualties and Libya pays back the costs.
That is not a failure like w.
Period.
Recon (2nd.and 3rd.)
October 23rd, 2011
4:46 pm
Well it appears we have the usual left wing androids hanging out on the blog this evening. Pathetic souls they are but more important things to do now. See Ya.
Thulsa Doom
October 23rd, 2011
4:46 pm
Midori,
Perhaps you need some help with your critical thinking skills. The woman who accused Bush made no headlines because she was nuts. Juanita Broderick was interviewed on the liberal 60 minutes program. Furthermore those nuts over at NOW, you know, the national organization for woman, publicly proclaimed Brodericks account of what happened as “credible”. You come forward with some crazy nonsense and I counter with some facts and some credibility regarding Broderick from a liberal news program and from the ultra liberal NOW gals. Right about now I can’t even imagine just how dumb you really look and feel. Just the facts ma’am. Just the facts.
Midori
October 23rd, 2011
4:48 pm
Getalife,
“issues”? Thulsa?
noooooooooooooooooooooooo
Mick – you’re not the only one who has noticed that.
He reminds me of those monkeys at the zoo who like to throw poo at the visitors. Then retreat to act all hurt and innocent. Scout does that by quoting “scripture”.
Midori
October 23rd, 2011
4:50 pm
Doom – you would do well to follow your own advice.
For someone who constantly attacks others LACK of critical thinking skills, the evidence that you possess said skills is glaringly lacking.
Thulsa Doom
October 23rd, 2011
4:50 pm
Recon,
You want to read something hilarious from the liberal loons? Go back and read Midori’s link from some crazy black woman who says that Bush had local cops abduct her from her car and take her to W to be raped. It just doesn’t get any crazier. And to think that there are people like Midori who are wacky enough to believe this kind of garbage. Its kinda sad actually. At first you laugh and then you feel sorry for someone who would actually believe stuff like this.
getalife
October 23rd, 2011
4:50 pm
cut and run del.
liberalefty
October 23rd, 2011
4:51 pm
@recon
u didnt answer my question! why dont y’all SUPAPATRIOT righties form your own private army and defend iraq from…? after all y’all can do a better job since your army will be private and unlike todays government soldiers.
Midori
October 23rd, 2011
4:51 pm
Mick – Del is another one. He comes on to berate “the left” for spending time here, then give us that “I have better things to do; see ya” departure.
liberalefty
October 23rd, 2011
4:53 pm
@thulsa4:50
u mean like how u righties believed OBAMA wasnt born here?
Midori
October 23rd, 2011
4:54 pm
BTW Thulsa – did you ever score any of those awesome drugs the Clinton’s were selling from that infamous MENA connection?
Pat Robertson played so many of you for the fools you are.
Thulsa Doom
October 23rd, 2011
4:55 pm
Midori,
I’m sorry for making you look so foolish. Perhaps if you refrained from posting crazy stuff then I wouldn’t have to lampoon your foolishness. I remind you of monkeys? That’s very funny coming from you. You remind me of my box of rocks. Excep that my box of rocks wouldn’t believe that crazy stuff that you posted. Oh, not that it matters since you are completely lacking in reasoning skills. But Broderick was a lifelong dem, still is, and was working for the Dem campaign for Clinton when she was allegedly assaulted. And if you have a problem with her credibility please take it up with the liberal 60 minutes program or with them ultra liberal NOW people. Last I think that of Clinton’s accusers most if not all of them were women who were Dem supporters. Its not as if they were super secret Republican plants.
Recon (2nd.and 3rd.)
October 23rd, 2011
4:56 pm
Thulsa Doom,
No I won’t waste time going back and reading Migory’s posts. It would be like wasting time reading the kook’s posts who swears up and down the Bush administration planned and carried out destruction of the Twin Towers in 9-11.
Thulsa Doom
October 23rd, 2011
4:58 pm
Clinton selling drugs? MENA connection? I’ve no idea what the hell you are talking about midori? If that is from some extreme far right loon sight then all it does is illustrate the vast difference between you and I in terms of rational thinking. I wouldn’t believe crazy crap like that from a far right site about Clinton selling drugs. You on the other hand readily believe crazy stuff about W having a woman abducted by cops for the purposes of raping her. Crazy is as crazy does.
Recon (2nd.and 3rd.)
October 23rd, 2011
4:59 pm
liberalefty,
You might consider some grammar and basic spelling lessons.
Thulsa Doom
October 23rd, 2011
5:01 pm
liberal lefty,
So you believe that cons are mad that UBL got killed on Obama’s watch. Very sad that your mind thinks that way and that you think that others think that way. Very sad.
Midori
October 23rd, 2011
5:02 pm
“I’m sorry for making you look so foolish”
not intended to be a factual statement.
Thulsa will be here all week folks. Try the lobster. Flown in via MENA
liberalefty
October 23rd, 2011
5:03 pm
@recon
dubya was too stupid to plan 9/11
Thulsa Doom
October 23rd, 2011
5:03 pm
Recon,
I wonder what kinda crazy stuff they will come up with next? Bush planeed 9/11, Bush had a black woman abducted by local police so that he could rape her, etc. I gotta go. The loony bin is amusing for awhile but sooner or later its depressing to think that people can be that damn stupid. Have a good night. I’m going to get back to some football.
josef
October 23rd, 2011
5:03 pm
Dang! Ain’t y’all just in a foul as3ed mood today?
Do I have this right,,,? Who’s got the worst scumbags, left or right?
liberalefty
October 23rd, 2011
5:04 pm
@recon
why dont you righties go defend america in iraq, buh bye. JUNKIE LIMBAUGH can be y’all’s general.lol
liberalefty
October 23rd, 2011
5:07 pm
recon righty, supapatriot,lol
Thulsa Doom
October 23rd, 2011
5:07 pm
Midori,
You’re right. I didn’t make you look foolish with that crazy batsheet about the woman who says she was abducted by police so that W could rape her. You were quite adept at making your own self look quite foolish with that link. When it comes to looking foolish you need no help at all. Toodles and have fun with your loony conspiracy that W had a black woman abducted so he could rape her belief. I’m sure tons of people believe that craziness also. NOT!
liberalefty
October 23rd, 2011
5:12 pm
hey recon, when are u going to IRAQ? u supa patriot you,lol
Midori
October 23rd, 2011
5:12 pm
LOL – Couldn’t resist one more, could ya Thulsa
I’ve moved on – Jailhouse Rock is on. Elvis was one swing white boy.
I didn’t start the fire Thulsa – I just threw a big ole bucket of kerosene on it.
Judging from your reaction(s), I did a pretty good job of it.
Have a good evening.
See ya round the Pat Robertson Conspiracy Blogs
liberalefty
October 23rd, 2011
5:16 pm
Enter your comments here
Recon (2nd.and 3rd.)
October 23rd, 2011
5:21 pm
What a shambles this administration has put our foreign policy in. Barack Obama a winner in Libya after spending 1.1 Billion dollars on his boondoggle? I don’t think so.
http://news.yahoo.com/libyas-transitional-leader-declares-liberation-155513082.html
Thulsa Doom
October 23rd, 2011
5:21 pm
Midori,
Nope. You didn’t get me all riled up. I’m not the one believing in crazy stuff like Bush having a woman abducted so he can rape her thing. And as for Pat Robertson at least there is something you and I agree on which is that he’s a little off kilter himself. Hell I didn’t even know he had his own conspiracy theories. I thought he just steered a hurricane away from Virginia. Or was that Falwell? Anyway, you have a good evening.
Midori
October 23rd, 2011
5:24 pm
jeez Thulsa – I was “attempting” at giving you the last word.
just can’t please some people I suppose.
Obsession can be a terrible thing. Isn’t there a pill you can take for it?
Thulsa Doom
October 23rd, 2011
5:25 pm
Recon,
Interesting thing about Libya. Lots of different groups including many terrorist groups that made their way over there. Pretty much anarchy right now. And lots of shoulder fired surface to air missiles- thousands of them. Kinda scary knowing that terrorists have a good chance to get their hands on missiles that can bring down civilian airliners. Kinda scary also that the new provisional govt has already announced that sharia law will be the law of the nation instead of Libya being a secular state. Just another new radical Muslim state like Iran. This aint good.
Thulsa Doom
October 23rd, 2011
5:27 pm
Midori,
You can have the last word. I’m done with it, I was about to leave but may be staying after all. Go on now. Get yourself in a dig.
josef
October 23rd, 2011
5:28 pm
I guess we’re boycotting the Tunisian elections Just some comments. 70% turnout…would that we could come anywhere near that. Also interesting to look at the photos coming in…majority of the women are unveiled and dressed in Western European fashion, always an indicator, imo, of the relative strength of the secular parties…
Thulsa Doom
October 23rd, 2011
5:28 pm
Recon, what’s another billion to prop up another radical Muslim state?
Thulsa Doom
October 23rd, 2011
5:30 pm
josef,
Muslim women unafraid to unveil and wearing western fashions. A good sign to be sure. Not a good sign though if neighboring Libya ends up in the hands of sharia extremists though and from the preliminary reports that’s what it looks like.
Midori
October 23rd, 2011
5:34 pm
poor, poor Thulsa.
I’m the proverbial moth to a flame to you
getalife
October 23rd, 2011
5:39 pm
cons hate this:
“Millions of Tunisians stood in lines to vote for an assembly to draft a new constitution, expressing confidence that their small country could now lead the way to democracy. ”
Freedom after one man sets himself on fire.
Amazing isn’t it cons.
Change.
Jm
October 23rd, 2011
5:44 pm
Liberal lefty 4:00pm
Only a dirtbag would say such a thing
getalife
October 23rd, 2011
5:45 pm
Red card.
Jm
October 23rd, 2011
5:47 pm
Getalife 5:39
Stop spreading lies
Not true
Recon (2nd.and 3rd.)
October 23rd, 2011
5:47 pm
Thulsa Doom
The lib’s are having cerebral orgasim’s over Obamanation’s misunderstood take outs of terrorist leaders. The fact is Obama has had nothing to do with it. It’s been our military and CIA all developed under the GWB administration to fight the war against radical Islamic terrorism.
getalife
October 23rd, 2011
5:48 pm
jm,
Stop the name calling.
Jm
October 23rd, 2011
5:49 pm
Getalife 5:45
Yeah liberal lefty’s comments do deserve a red card
getalife
October 23rd, 2011
5:49 pm
“The fact is Obama has had nothing to do ”
Yet he gets blamed for everything.
Does not pass the sane test.
josef
October 23rd, 2011
5:50 pm
Thulsa
A slice of life from Tunisia…topping the pop charts and invited to come give a concert…AND he’s openly and outspokenly gay… neat, eh? There’s hope…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKl8zVBo8eo&feature=related
Jm
October 23rd, 2011
5:50 pm
Getalife I didn’t name call
If i was doing that I would have said “liberal lefty is a dirtbag”
getalife
October 23rd, 2011
5:51 pm
Jm,
No.
Jm
October 23rd, 2011
5:51 pm
Getalife 5:48
Stop the lies
Recon (2nd.and 3rd.)
October 23rd, 2011
5:51 pm
“Does not pass the sane test.”
Perhaps he passes the sanity test but not the smell test.
getalife
October 23rd, 2011
5:52 pm
Jm,
You just did.
Jm
October 23rd, 2011
5:52 pm
Getalife
“no”
“no” you won’t stop spreading lies? Figures
getalife
October 23rd, 2011
5:55 pm
del,
He won his war and you cons can’t deal with it.
Are you an American?
If you are, you should be proud we won and stop attacking him.
TaxPayer
October 23rd, 2011
5:58 pm
Our President Obama has put an end to Bush’s Iraqupation and taken down the head WTC terrorist and his minions and taken out Gaddafi and made it look so easy and cost effective with those drones. It’s no wonder the Republicans have their panties all knotted up.
Jm
October 23rd, 2011
5:58 pm
“PERRY’S just another christian racist who spreads the hate of jesus wherever he goes”
This kind of commentary from liberal lefty has no more place on this blog than comments like “Mohammed was a terrorist” or something insane like “hitler was right”
Jm
October 23rd, 2011
5:59 pm
“the hate of Jesus”?
Really?
I mean, I’m anything but a devout religious person, and I’m offended.
Jm
October 23rd, 2011
6:00 pm
If jay was patrolling this blog and exercising a modicum of decency, he’d have banned liberal lefty
getalife
October 23rd, 2011
6:01 pm
Stop crying jm.
Good grief.
Recon (2nd.and 3rd.)
October 23rd, 2011
6:03 pm
Our victories go to our military and our intelligence community. Presidents and other politicians don’t win wars at best they stand out of the way, at worst they get in the way. The latter characterizes our current wars as well as previous wars such as Vietnam and Korea. The left fails to understand.
getalife
October 23rd, 2011
6:04 pm
Taxpayer,
Where is the patriotism from the right?
Midori
October 23rd, 2011
6:04 pm
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s320×320/291832_205508946187949_100001865343714_505440_189110662_n.jpg
Jm
October 23rd, 2011
6:04 pm
Getalife
I’m not. Get some facts and drop the lies
Soothsayer
October 23rd, 2011
6:05 pm
“If jay was patrolling this blog and exercising a modicum of decency, he’d have banned liberal lefty.”
Why, I thought he was a breath of “fresh air” kinda in the original “WOW” vein! ‘Member him? How long did we have to put up with that dumbass before Jay finally banned him?
So, Cry Me A River, Fright Wingers. Sing it loud! Let ‘em hear it in the back row!
josef
October 23rd, 2011
6:05 pm
jm
@ 5:58 and 5:59
Yep.
Midori
October 23rd, 2011
6:06 pm
Our victories go to our military and our intelligence community. Presidents and other politicians don’t win wars at best they stand out of the way, at worst they get in the way.
a guest on Bill Maher said that if it had been Bush that got Quaddafi, Bush would have gotten one of those gang tear drops tattooed under his eye