A Higher Chat Thread

higherlevel4u said:
Veebs ...... just climb on the desk in front of me ....

Climbing up inch by inch... Teasing you, as only I do so well... Till I reach your mouth.
 
Hi Everyone....just thought I throw this in..... seemed rather appropriate for all the fun you all have!



Quote of the Day


"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about."

Charles Kingsley
 
veryblueeyes said:
Sao!!! There she is. Sexy on. While Higher is off working, us girls shall keep things going. :rose:


Holding Veebs close... helping her off with that bikini top!!! :kiss:

Heya Cate...... that is certainly kinda apt for today!!! :rose:
 
Ok....fair warning here... I am about to have a major political rant here.....so feel free to move on! Won't hurt my feelings...but I am so ticked off right now....no, I'm pissed beyond belief.

Those fucking assholes al-Qaida, beheaded an American cilivian to oppose the treatment of prisoners. Ok, this is not about being American, right up front...its about being HUMAN. My God, what the hell is wrong with these people. They have the guts to talk about how we are treating prisoners???? Give me a fucking break...with the way they treat each other??? And then fucking Syria says we're inhumane....what??? Mubarakke (sp) better keep his damn mouth shut, as they have one of the worst records for human abuses.

I was in support of the Iraq war, because I do believe there were WMDs and still believe that.... and that they were moved into Syria... playmates in hell they should be. But enough is enough, to kill a civilian, who was there wanting to rebuild the country....and in this manner.... absolutely disgusting! I don't think I can take much more.... these people do not want to be civilized.....so lets leave them with their shit and get the hell out.... they can stay in the third century for all I care now.... I do care for all the innocents but if there isn't an internal uprising then I can't think we can do any more for them.... I have no problem helping those who want help....but clearly they do not want us...

And I do not want them..... and I do not want more of the world's soliders dying to try to help these things, they are not people any more....they are things.....they have taken their "religion" and beliefs and made hell with them....this is not the intention of any rational person.... damn good thing I have no power right now.... I'm ready to use some significant means to blow them away and leave the good, honest, Iraqies to live as they choose!

Damn them....damn them.
 
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American in Iraq Beheaded by Militants

Tuesday, May 11, 2004

A 26-year-old American from Pennsylvania was beheaded to avenge the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers and the militants who killed him videotaped the crime and posted it on a Web site.

U.S. officials think that terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (search) may have either authorized the execution or actually performed the act himself.

The video showed five men wearing headscarves and black ski masks, standing over a bound man in an orange jumpsuit — similar to a prisoner's uniform — who identified himself as Nick Berg (search), a U.S. contractor whose body was found on a highway overpass in Baghdad on Saturday.

"My name is Nick Berg, my father's name is Michael, my mother's name is Susan," the man said on the video. "I have a brother and sister, David and Sarah. I live in ... Philadelphia."

After reading a statement, the men were seen pulling the man to his side and putting a large knife to his neck. A scream sounded as the men cut his head off, shouting "Allahu Akbar!" — "God is great." They then held the head out before the camera.

Berg's family said Tuesday they knew their son had been decapitated, but didn't know the details of the killing. When told of the video by an Associated Press reporter, Berg's father, Michael, and his two siblings hugged and cried.

"I knew he was decapitated before. That manner is preferable to a long and torturous death. But I didn't want it to become public," Michael Berg said.

As President Bush boarded Air Force One headed back to Washington D.C., Press Secretary Scott McClellan told reporters that the president's thoughts and prayers are with Nick Berg and with his family.

"This shows the true nature of the people who are opposed to freedom and democracy in the region," McClellan said. "Those who carried out this crime will be pursued and brought to justice."

On the Web site, one of the executioners read a statement:

"For the mothers and wives of American soldiers, we tell you that we offered the U.S. administration to exchange this hostage with some of the detainees in Abu Ghraib (search) and they refused."

"So we tell you that the dignity of the Muslim men and women in Abu Ghraib and others is not redeemed except by blood and souls. You will not receive anything from us but coffins after coffins ... slaughtered in this way."

The video bore the title "Abu Musab al-Zarqawi shown slaughtering an American." It was unclear whether al-Zarqawi — a lieutenant of Usama bin Laden — was shown in the video, or was claiming responsibility for ordering the execution.

The Web site on which the video was posted is known as a clearing house for Al Qaeda and Islamic extremist groups' statements and tapes. An audiotape purportedly from bin Laden — which the CIA said was probably authentic — appeared on the same Web site last week.

Western officials say al-Zarqawi, whose real name is Ahmad Fadhil al-Khalayleh, is a lieutenant of bin Laden. The United States has offered $10 million for information leading to the capture or killing of al-Zarqawi, saying he is trying to build a network of foreign militants in Iraq to work for Al Qaeda.

In the video, the speaker threatened both President Bush and Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf (search).

"As for you Bush ... expect severe days. You and your soldiers will regret the day you stepped into the land of Iraq," he said. He described Musharraf as "a traitor agent."

The slaying recalled the kidnapping and videotaped beheading of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl (search) in 2002 in Pakistan. Four Islamic militants have been convicted of kidnapping Pearl, but seven other suspects — including those who allegedly slit his throat — remain at large.

Suzanne Berg, the mother of the 26-year-old Berg, of West Chester, Pa., said her son was in Iraq as an independent businessman to help rebuild communication antennas. He had been missing since April 9, she said.

"He had this idea that he could help rebuild the infrastructure," she said.

The U.S. military Tuesday said an American civilian was found dead in Baghdad, but did not release his identity. State Department spokeswoman Susan Pittman said she couldn't release the name of the dead American, but said she not aware of more than one civilian found dead in recent days.

The military said there were signs of trauma to the body. Suzanne Berg said she was told her son's death was violent but did not want to discuss details.

Berg, who was in Baghdad from late December to Feb. 1, returned to Iraq in March. He didn't find any work and planned again to return home on March 30, but his daily communications home stopped on March 24. He later told his parents he was jailed by Iraqi officials at a checkpoint in Mosul.

"He was arrested and held without due process," his father, Michael Berg, told the Daily Local News of West Chester recently. "By the time he got out the whole area was inflamed with violence.

The FBI on March 31 interviewed Berg's parents in West Chester. Jerri Williams, a spokeswoman for the Philadelphia FBI office, told The Philadelphia Inquirer the agency had been "asked to interview the parents regarding Mr. Berg's purpose in Iraq."

On April 5, the Bergs filed suit in federal court in Philadelphia, contending that their son was being held illegally by the U.S. military. The next day Berg was released. He told his parents he hadn't been mistreated.

The Bergs last heard from their son April 9, when he said he would come home by way of Jordan, Turkey or Kuwait. But by then, hostilities in Iraq had escalated.

Suzanne Berg on Tuesday said she was told her son's body would be transported to Kuwait and then to Dover, Del. She said the family had been trying for weeks to learn where their son was but that federal officials had not been helpful.

"I went through this with them for weeks," she said. "I basically ended up doing most of the investigating myself."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.



I am so fucking mad right now....I can't even cry...... these "its" are scums scum!
 
Would all this just end??? I want everyone's men and women to come home. To stay safe. I want my friends to come home.
 
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You're welcome. I lost so many friends in Viet Nam and now I see the same thing being repeated. When will we ever learn.
 
done_got_old said:
You're welcome. I lost so many friends in Viet Nam and now I see the same thing being repeated. When will we ever learn.
I don't know. There are times I wish we could become that isolated society again, but its impossible now. This is one world. I also think we are not dealing with something that has been seen in this lifetime, this type of danger, so random and destructive. Its just sad. I was a supporter, now I just want everyone home....pack it all up tonight and leave. I don't care what the world thinks of us, enough is enough.

And this will become a political issue, which it shouldn't be. Once again, I will not vote for someone, rather against one. In this land why can we not find quality people and why must our process work so much against us? I guess I'm feeling a bit hopeless right now, as well as sad.
 
done_got_old said:
You're welcome. I lost so many friends in Viet Nam and now I see the same thing being repeated. When will we ever learn.

I was born during that time. I don't remember. All I know is that if I could embrace every solider, I would do so. I don' care what country. This has nothing to do with military, but with the people. Human lives. I think of them when I eat a nice meal, I think of them when get in my car and go to work. I think that they must be scared as hell to crank up thier engine. Wondering if it is going to explode.
 
Cathleen said:
I don't know. There are times I wish we could become that isolated society again, but its impossible now. This is one world. I also think we are not dealing with something that has been seen in this lifetime, this type of danger, so random and destructive. Its just sad. I was a supporter, now I just want everyone home....pack it all up tonight and leave. I don't care what the world thinks of us, enough is enough.

And this will become a political issue, which it shouldn't be. Once again, I will not vote for someone, rather against one. In this land why can we not find quality people and why must our process work so much against us? I guess I'm feeling a bit hopeless right now, as well as sad.

We can't/won't pack up because of pride. The hell with pride!

One of the things I say all the time in the classroom is, "It will be okay, once the Martians arrive." I teach in a multicultural school and topics of bias and racism come up constantly. I've heard several of my students repeat my phrase to their friends and then explain it.

"Once the Martians arrive we will finally realize we are one species."
 
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