Tweety starts naming the so called 36 countries

[malaise]

and calls the numbers from some countries: one, two, one, two - Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Shuster is nailing Bush re the numbers 26 nations.

[H2O Man]

1. Yep.

Good so far!

[malaise]

21. The fact check man is coming up now

Bobby Ghosh from Time.
The President must have a different definition of what normal looks like.

[shain from kane]

2. Don't forget Iceland. (One person.) n/t

[Cush]

3. Iceland only has one soldier, a media guy

[MrCoffee]

4. ahhh, the Coalition of the Sort Of Willing-ish

[shaniqua6392]

5. I'm David Schuster......For Hardball!!!!

For God's sake...Would they please give that man his own show??? Preferably in *ucker Carlson's time slot. Kudos to Chris Matthews too.

[PearliePoo2]

22. Thanks for reminding me!

I just fired off an e-mail asking MSNBC to show Tucker the door and give his slot to Schuster.
I mentioned my TV is tuned to their channel most of the time but when Tucker comes on I switch to CNN.
This is the first time I've ever written to a network. I wonder if they respond to their e-mails?

[PatSeg]

26. I've written to them numerous times

and they then sent me occasional surveys. A lot of changes have taken place over there since then. They really do listen. They care about the ratings.

I'm all for David Schuster having his own show. He is really sharp and his segments are the best part of Hardball.

[PearliePoo2]

29. thanks for the reply

If they send me surveys I will definitely respond.
Yes, I too detect a change and with the success of Keith, I think MSNBC has their finger in the wind. Of course it may be nothing more than lining up behind a winner as the Dems are poised to win and win big in the elections. (I hope)

[PatSeg]

31. Yeah, they may be covering their asses

but it appears to be to our advantage.

It wasn't that long ago that it was ALL whiny republicans ALL the time!

[KharmaTrain]

6. Who Can Forget The State Of Denial?

Also Freedonia, Canabeer, Shangrila and the Duchy of Grand Fenwick!!! Oh, and I almost forgot the country in Woody Allen's What's Up Tiger Lily...the one still waiting to get on the map!

[malaise]

9. Hehehehehhee

Damn that's funny :rofl:

[shain from kane]

12. General Snippet: I warn you, madam - I know the entire Geneva Convention by heart!

Grand Duchess Gloriana: Oh, how nice! You must recite it for me some evening; I play the harpsichord.

[TahitiNut]

28. "There is nothing wrong with surrendering to overwhelming powers, ..."

"... as long as it is done in a military manner."

[doublethink]

7. Canada 1 Soldier ........ Turkey ....... 2 soldiers ..........

sobering truth beyond Bush's spin.

36 vs. 33 vs. 25: How the Coalition Coalesces
By Spencer Ackerman - September 14, 2007, 12:05 PM

Let's clarify a bit about the Iraq coalition. President Bush last night thanked "the 36 nations who have troops on the ground in Iraq." We count 25 of them (including, um, us) as part of Multinational Force-Iraq, most of whom have a tiny presence "on the ground"; six nations that have a non-MNF-I presence as part of a Nato mission that mostly takes place outside of Iraq; and then brave Fiji, which helps protect the United Nations mission. (Also mostly outside Iraq.) -snip-

The Coalition of the Willing:

* Albania * Armenia * Austrailia * Azerbaijan * Bosnia and Herzegovina * Bulgaria * Czech Republic * Denmark * El Salvador * Estonia * Georgia * Japan * Kazakhstan * South Korea * Latvia * Lithuania * Macedonia * Moldova * Mongolia * Poland * Romania * Singapore * Slovakia * Ukraine * United Kingdom -snip-

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/004186.php

and check this image out ....
http://icasualties.org/oif/PieCountry.aspx

[Yavin4]

10. Isn't Moldova A WristWatch?

They sent wristwatches?

[malaise]

11. DUers you're cracking me up and I'm really trying to

listen to Chris Dodd :rofl:

[shain from kane]

14. The numerals are in Arabic. n/t

[malaise]

17. I'm having a laughing fit this afternoon

seriously :D

[doublethink]

24. Freedonia !!!!!

From Duck Soup .... Marx Bros.

[SidDithers]

30. Jeez, I hope Bush wasn't counting Canada as part of the 36...

because we're emphatically not. Parliament specifically voted not to go to Iraq. If there is 1 soldier there, then they're probably part of some officer exchange or something.

Sid

[Patsy Stone]

8. Let me guess

Is he counting the birth nation of any naturalized citizen fighting for the US as coalition member?

[King Coal]

13. Still forgetting about Poland I see.

[malaise]

15. No

Don't forget Poland :rofl:

[Yavin4]

16. In All Seriousness

If you're one of the people sent by your country to Iraq, you gotta ask yourself, "Who the hell did I piss off?"

[malaise]

20. In all seriousness

I'd switch nationalities before taking up the appointment. :D

[Wiregrass Willie]

18. Do you refer the coalition of the bribed and the bamboozled -- the blackmailed and the befuddled ?

[malaise]

19. Me?

Ask the lunatic in 'the State of Di Nile'.

[hang a left]

23. Did they forget

Fatasyland
Tomorrowland
Adventureland
Frontierland

[malaise]

25. Thankfully he correctly omitted all of our

English-speaking Islands.
bold.

[liberal renegade]

34. you forgot one

Never Neverland

[TahitiNut]

27. It'd be interesting to see what kinds of bribes/blackmail were made.

Trade concessions or threats? Foreign aid? :eyes:

[Cheap_Trick]

32. don't forget

Latveria, Grand Fenwick, Qurac, Outer AND Inner Slobovia.....(look 'em up if confused) ;)

[KamaAina]

33. That's the list with Hawai'i on it, right?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1805399&mesg_id=1805399

We're not (yet, say some) a country, of course, but we actually do have quite a few soldiers over there. One just bought it eight days before he would have come home. Need I even add that his tour had been extended three months (well, forever, now) because of the G.D. "surge"? :grr: