Two idiots.

[gridlore]

Two people today made me weep for humanity.

First off, we have Emmitt Smith, the NFL's all-time leading rusher. He announced his retirement from football this afternoon after signing a mostly symbolic contract with the Dallas Cowboys; the team he had his great years with.

So, what gets him into the idiot Hall of Fame? His statement to the press.

In it, he started off by saying that everything he had he owed to Jesus. Excuse me?

Gee, seems to me that maybe all the coaches he's had since Pop Warner, all the trainers he had, the doctors that helped him stay healthy, his offensive linemen who made the blocks that let him get outside, the other members of the offense who spread the defense out so he had lanes...

Nope. All Jesus. What, you didn't see him in Jerry Jones' weave?

Secondly, we have Ann Coulter.

You need more? Fine!

In an interview with CBC journalist Bob McKeown Ann claimed that Canada had supported the US in Vietnam, and had sent troops to fight there.

Read for yourself.

Wonder if she'll apologize for this one?

Comments

[robertprior.livejournal.com]

Interesting links deeeper in to O'Reily's attack on teh CBC. Budget isn't a million dollars, and the CBC usually goes after the Canadian government for any dodgy activity, no matter which party is in power. (Unlike, say, the Globe and Mail, which only attacks Liberals and NDP.)

[akicif.livejournal.com]

Canada, Australia.... Some bunch of colonials, anyway.

Sheesh!

[dandelion-diva.livejournal.com]

And yet they never blame Jesus when they lose. Hmmph. (I can't remember the comedian but will always remember the line. "Yeah, we were doing fine, till Jesus made us fumble! He hates our team!")

I don't think Ann Coulter can apologize. She'll spontanious combust if she does.

So, let's work our very hardest to see if we can make her do that. *Grin*

Gessi

[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

Neocons have better things to worry about than geography - things like reshaping the world!

... wait.

[todkaninchen.livejournal.com]

http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/fourth_dimension/2004/jan04/28_fd_e.htm

Ummm... Canadians were part of the ceasefire...

"Observer teams report shellings and grenade attacks against villages, temples, bridges, schools and restaurants, and assassinations and kidnappings of rural officials, and abductions of farmers and men of military age. During this period, Captain Charles Laviolette of the 12e Regiment blindé du Canada is killed in a helicopter crash, and Capt Ian Patten and Capt Fletcher Thomson of The Royal Canadian Regiment are abducted by the Viet Cong and held captive for 17 days."

http://198.231.69.12/papers/csc29/mds/schreiber.htm

"Canada’s twenty-year involvement on the International Commissions in Vietnam not only forced upon Canada an unwanted role in the unfolding tragedy in Vietnam, but also created conflict for Canadians both domestically and abroad. "

It appears that Canadian involvement, although of a military nature, was primarily a diplomatic one intended on establishing a peaceful non-communist government in Vietnam and that their involvment may have been of the same duration as the US's.

Canada, according to the Canadians, were in Vietnam...

Just not in the way Ann Coulter thought, I guess.