Am I the only one who sees a beetle?

[SoCalDem]

rhinoceros beetle

cyprus

[hlthe2b]

1. No.. I see it...

Shouldn't I?

[Tess49]

2. No.

[enlightenment]

3. If I squint, sure. The legs are a little shaky.

Maybe we could start a thread playing this game with other nations/states/etc. Perhaps by continent.
Hell of a lot more fun than reading the news -- it's starting to get to me. Seriously.

A break would be good -- and a little geography, packaged in an interesting way, is always useful.

[SoCalDem]

4. take a break.. read my rapture thread..it'll make you smile

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1693396

[enlightenment]

10. I did -- and LAUGHED.

Thanks for all you do.

And oh my -- Irikitty!!

I love it (as I share a home with 6 of those beasties in various shapes and sizes)!

[SoCalDem]

5. Here's Iraqitty:)

[Sapphocrat]

15. I wish this were an original thought, but it's not.

Australian slang for a certain part of the female anatomy is "Map o' Tazzie."

This is why:



(No, I'm not going to follow up with the obvious observation about the shape of the state of Florida.)

[Touchdown]

6. I see what's left of a Beetle here.

Believe it or not, the woman survived with just bruises and scrapes!

Read it here.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/9542403/detail.html#

[zanne]

7. If it's DU....

It'll get weird.

[SoCalDem]

8. We'll call it a sanity break

:)

[BrotherBuzz]

9. I see a narwhal

But maybe I'm feeling a little naughty nautical

[enlightenment]

11. how about . . .

puffer fish?

[SoCalDem]

13. perfecto

:)

[deaniac21]

12. I see one

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

14. Massachusetts is a better rhinoceros beetle IMHO

Well, the head, at least.

[Octafish]

16. Oh, yeah. And I see that clown so-and-so, too.

Proving war solves little, Cyprus has been split since 1974 when the right-wing Greek gov tried taking over and the right-wing Turkish government said, "No" and invaded and took over a third of the island. Today, only Cypriots from the Greek areas are considered European. Sheesh.

BTW: Excellent Pretzeldent Clown thing. That hair is electric.

The Little Turd
from Crawford

[SoCalDem]

17. Isn't "Empire" grand?

Methinks the UK "cut and ran" and left everyone cleaning up their messes...even now

[Octafish]

18. Explains why BFEE think themselves royalty.

In reality, they're as low as traitors can be.

Gods Among Ordinary Men

by Charles Sullivan
OpEdNews.com July 17, 2006 at 08:13:54
http://www.opednews.com

When a man abuses the power that was entrusted to him by the people there is clearly a void between what the people want and what they receive. Such abuse stems not only from immense hubris, but from contempt for the people and for civil law. The president, we will recall, is a man who referred to the Constitution to one of his Whitehouse aides as "...just a god-damned piece of paper." Bush and his cacophony of neo-conservative fascists clearly hold the most sacred institutions of this nation in contempt, including the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

The Bush regime's contempt for human rights and their disdain for the earth are systemic. They have resulted in a litany of abuses that would rival those of Hitler and Mussolini combined. Most of the key players cut their teeth in the Reagan regime where they perfected the dark arts. These abuses occur equally at home and abroad. Characterized by hypocrisy without bounds, they are reflected in a foreign policy that is putting the world in peril as never before. Those policies have resulted in imprisoning people indefinitely without criminal charges and without access to legal council, widespread torture, extraordinary rendition, unprovoked attacks upon sovereign nations, occupation, and unprecedented secrecy and domestic spying on law abiding citizens on a broad scale.

The Bush regime operates in unprecedented secrecy under the pretense of fighting a war on terror. They are, in fact, waging a war of terror and they and their corporate pay masters are the terrorists, not Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda. Their success depends upon keeping the people and thus democracy out of the equation.

Democracy, as opposed to the Plutocracy we have in America, operates in the open under the supervision of the citizenry. Democratic government is transparent, not secretive. In a democracy the people know what the government is doing and are active participants in the decision making process. Clearly that is not the kind government we have.

Mr. Bush's extraordinary contempt for the law is in part the result of his Plutocratic upbringing. It is reflected in his unprecedented use of presidential signing statements which, in effect, allow him to circumvent the law and do as he pleases. Don't like a law that keeps a corporation from spewing toxic waste into a river? Just issue a signing statement and ignore it. Bush has used presidential signing statements more than 750 times since his inauguration-more than all of the other presidents combined during the 230 year history of our nation. He has yet to veto any legislation that the corporate lobbyists have put before him.

CONTINUED...

Royals think they're better than everybody for a reason: The God they invented told them they're appointed by God to rule in God's place.

It's why the real God invented Aqualung.

Here's what I mean:

TALKED TO BY
A VOICE WHO TOLD
HIM TO ATTACK
AN INNOCENT
COUNTRY.