Jihad Jane

Leave it to an old attention junkie to open up a wound that has never really healed.

[Jane Fonda's] newest foray into antiwar territory feels like a cartoonish parody of her former self. Jane Fonda playing Jane Fonda. In her newest version of Me, Myself and I, Fonda will segue from book tour to antiwar tour via a cross-country trip on a bus that runs on vegetable oil. Slick. But is it canola?
Fonda is mum on details but promises "it's going to be pretty exciting." One can hardly wait.

Certainly, there are scores of people all over the country who are quite looking forward to Ms. Fonda’s visit.

Ollie North has some suggestions for her as to destinations and fellow traveling companions (and, no doubt, further suggestions that aren’t printable at Townhall.com):

One way Fonda can overcome the lack of enthusiasm for her "nationwide tour," is to grant "exclusive access" to journalists who could help her tell her story. One suggestion would be to include NBC anchorman Brian Williams, who could put the tour and the war in historical perspective. After all, it was Williams' brilliant insight during a recent broadcast that revealed to the American public what they never previously knew -- that the first few American presidents were "terrorists." Another suggestion is to include former CNN correspondent Peter Arnett. Arnett, who makes his home in Baghdad, would do a great job of explaining the war and its meaning -- from the terrorists' point of view. [SNIP]

The Burn Unit at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston would surely have a few of the soldiers you claim to support; perhaps they'd be interested to hear your opinions about the low value of their disfiguring sacrifices. [SNIP]

Hopefully at some point during your Jihadist journey, you will bump into Sgt. Christopher Missick of the 319th Signal Battalion. While in Iraq, Missick met hundreds of good Americans through his blog, "A Line in the Sand." Home now, he and a fellow veteran are driving around the country -- fueled by conventional gasoline -- to meet some of the patriots -- his "web of support" -- who sent letters, packages and prayers. He wants to personally thank them and "meet the heart of America."

The frightening thing about observing actors and politicians is that, at some point, one almost gets used to the narcissism. What’s mind boggling in Ms. Fonda’s case is the total inability to learn from her past mistakes and her obliviousness as to just how much she is despised in this country, especially in view of her plan to make her way across it and oppose yet another war.

But I suppose that’s all part of the narcissism.

Here’s my suggestion: why doesn’t she reenact her North Vietnam visit--in which she sat behind a AAA gun pointed at American warplanes--and go have a cup of tea with Zarqawi in Baghdad or wherever he’s holed up? She could pose with an RPG launcher or behind the wheel of a carbomb! It would make a big splash; that is, assuming she keeps that empty head of hers.

Of course that would make a splash too, which is why she's staying here. So she has learned something.

Comments

[Michael]

The b..... opens old wounds. if she be coming to Southern California I will be there to "egg" her on.

She deserves it and I owe her.

At my age I can think of no better way to start my police blotter.

[Louis Spielman]

Maybe poor Jane has just come to that point in her life when she thinks she looks better in a Burka.

[wayne]

Personally I think ol' Hanoi Jane would look best in a body bag with a toe tag, but that's just a matter of personal taste!!!

[colagirl]

Wow. This is just mindboggling. I don't believe it. (Well, sadly enough, I guess I do.) Has she learned *anything?*

...

apparently not.

[Tony Miller]

I think she ought to take a photo straddling the space shuttle right before next lift off.

[skinner]

I think she should dress like Barbarella again and bring that other dumbass "Charlies Angels " Blonde bimbo with her, To really drive the point home , maybe theyll have room for the Baldwin girls and Seany Penny in the trunk

[teal marie]

Remember the bombed out Israeli bus that was displayed for our edification? Let that bus precede Jane's bus everywhere she goes.

[skinner]

That would be appropreite As would the Oscar Meyer weiner mobile Bringing up the rear { if you will] The Oscar meyer weiner mobile has far too much integrety to associate with her though even though all her EX- husbands have been notorious WEINERS

[greyfox]

As a proud veteran, I give no more weight to the opinions of wing-nut cheerleaders than I do to Jane Fonda. Everyone of significance who got us into Iraq, except Colin Powell, have their own patriotic skeletons to bear. One hides out in "DANGEROUS"(..if you're Black...) Alabama and Texas. The other two got all the deferments that Daddies money and influence could buy. Jane Fonda, is as much an American as you or I, and therefore, has the right to peacefully protest the actions of her Government. G.I.s are dying for her rights ,too!

[baldilocks]

Gee, greyfox, I guess you told us. I had no idea that Ms. Fonda was an American or that she had the right to do what she's doing. Good thing that no one was advocating that her rights be violated. /sarcasm

You seem to be yet another confused individual that believes that criticizing the actions of others is a violation of their rights. Sorry, but that right is not guaranteed in our constitution. Look it up.

[baldilocks]

And I've been to Alabama and Texas *recently* and I felt more danger here in my hometown.

[StinKerr]

Perhaps we can get Ted Kennedy to drive the bus.

Let me work on the passenger list too. Hmm, maybe a double decker.

Oh, and the route should have cliffs and bridges and such.

Well, that's my dream anyway.

Greyhawk, I have no problem with the people who demonstrated and protested at home. I do however have a very big problem with those who went to an enemy country and gave aid and comfort to that enemy. I believe it was treason and should have been punished as such. You'll find the definition of treason at that link provided above.

[wayne]

Grefox is correct in that being an American means you have a right to protest. However, he is in complete ignorance when it comes to knowing a single thing about why she is so hated.

Hey Greyfox, why don't you have a little chat with the soldier who was in a POW camp where that B***H visited.

You remember, the one who survived when he and his buddies tried to slip papers (with their social security numbers on them) into her hands to take home so thier families would know they were alive?

The same papers that ol' Hanoi Jane promptly handed over to the VC camp commander, resulting in the soldier and his buddies all being tortured for weeks during which most of them died during their "reeducation".

Committing so evil an act of treason as she did should have resulted in her execution when she returned. You people who talk about her freedom to protest (which she does have) have forgotten that she did far more than protest. She committed a war crime and an act of treason.

She directly aided and abetted our enemies in a way that resulted in the deaths of our servicemen. Because of this, she needs to be shot, she has never stopped needing to be shot, and I hope and pray I live to see someone shoot her as a murderer and a traitor.

Had I been that soldier or a member of the families of one of those who perished due to her actions, I promise you I would have taken it upon myself remove this foul person from the face of the earth, whatever the cost.

[Michael]

Yep, she does have that right.

But you sometimes pay a price

And I have the right to throw my egg.

Freedom of speech as it were.

And I will pay my price. See it going in.

[skinner]

Now days trators get more publicity than True war heroes ,
Now days? How long was it since
She kissed Ho CHI's ASS and BETRAYED THOUSANDS ? Now days ,traitors escape justice, to the point of being Nominated for president by the demo nazi party,
When Is someone gonna open up investigations into both of these
" JUDIS' " ??? Bush has alot more work to do besides cleaning Up The U.N. But you have to start somewhere. Little wars win battles

[skinner]

Think about it ... Dont give up we're outnumbered P.S Al gore has just announced starting
his own News network Targeting People in the {COLLEDGE EDUCATED IDIOT } , age bracket , Grey fox?.
As if commie liberal proffessors havent already done enough " DAIN BRAMAGE " .... Put
on yore thinkin HEHMUTS

[greyfox]

(In my best Steve Erkel Voice)Did I do That? lol
Boy did it get cold at this love-in! Didn't mean to pee in the punchbowl.

[greyfox]

(In my best Steve Erkel Voice)Did I do That? lol
Boy did it get cold at this love-in! Didn't mean to pee in the punchbowl.

[skinner]

Actually greyfox you stuck YOUR'E HEAD in the PEE BOWL . Didnt it ever occur to you that some people ,{ ALOT OF PEOPLE}, Have almost as much Hatred for jayne fonda As they and the Iraqui people have for SADAM
You need to read about her more and stop watching Barberella an Michael { PIG DOG] Moore fantasys

[greyfox]

I've absolutely no doubt of the hatred of Jane Fonda. That is part of the cost of taking a stand for the things that you believe in. And as much of a surprise as it may be to many of you, I'm well aware of the things that she's done. I still don't hate her. I don't hate any of you and we seem to have a very different philosophy of Americanism. One of my heroes happens to have been one of the most hated men in American history. You may not believe that now, because in hind sight, this person was no monster who desired to see this country modeled after the former Soviet Union. But That is what he was accused of in his time. He was no subversive who deserved to be illegally filmed, recorded, set up with phony charges, and jailed all with the good graces of my American government. Nowadays, the worst thing you here about this man's life is that he may have strayed outside of his marriage. And finally, while standing up for people who worked for little and were asking for a little respect to go with their meager earnings, he was shot dead. This selfless man fought all those battle against all those enemies with his sights on one reward...to be considered an American. That man was Martin Luther King, Jr. Being an American has nothing to do with jumping on the bandwagons of the most popular causes. That is so easy. The way you treat the most popular people and causes says so little about you. You get your "wings" based on how you treat the lowest and least popular members and causes of our society.
Yes, you all can hate and harass and harangue to your hearts content because you are American. You have the right. Jane Fonda is American, too.
By the way, thank you all for the "creative" namecalling.

[Russ Vaughn]

Jihad Jane
With a hat tip to Ollie North for the title
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ollienorth/on20050729.shtml

What a prize to show for her life of toil,
A bus that runs on vegetable oil;
To keep it running will prove no strain,
Run a fuel line from her peanut brain.
As once again she shows us all
How wrong we are and how we’ll fall.
She’ll grant no quarter, cut no slack,
Get her picture taken on a camel’s back.

Jihad Jane will show us once again,
She’s smarter than all the President’s men;
I doubt Sun Tzu could tell us more
Than Jihad Jane when it comes to war;
She’ll save the world, bold Barbarella,
More wily and wise than any Army fella.
While she fancies herself truly Machiavellian
A more apt description is piggy Orwellian.

It’s true Jane could write an encyclopedia
On fooling the drooling mainstream media.
Princes of primetime breathlessly follow;
Sputum she spouts they eagerly swallow.
Trumpet her tripe as trustworthy truth,
Pushing her pap down the throats of our youth.
Reporters will climb right on down in that sewer,
Covering every mile of Jane’s veggie-fueled tour.

While wiser minds wait, holding their breath,
Warily wondering just how much death
All her agitprop antics will incite this time,
And whose lives will be forfeit for one fool’s crime.
In most scripts of life, we become wiser with age;
But this airhead actress cannot get to that page.
So she’ll be well remembered, as well she should,
As the dumbest damned broad in Hollywood.

Russ Vaughn
2d Bn, 327th Infantry
101st Airborne Division
Vietnam 65-66

[baldilocks]

greyfox: you aren't the only one on this site who was alive and aware in the sixties.

Comparing MLK long-running, justified action for *his own people* (by that I mean all Americans) and Jane Fonda's misguided, ill-formed grandstanding against her own people uses a faulty logic that should be self-evident.

Just because both were called communists doesn't automatically make their lives similar in any other way. Clue for you: one of them was have his/her picture taken with actual communists and with their weapons pointed at Americans and one did not. Additionally , one made a point of saying what nice people they were and one did not.

And, as for me, if I wanted to call you a name, it would have something to do with your ability to condescend or your martyr complex.

One more thing: please use paragraphs.

[greyfox]

I've no more to comment on Ms. Fonda. I've stated how I feel and there is no more to be said. However I must take exception to Baldilocks' accusation of condescension.
Nowhere in any of my comments do I attempt to impugn anyone's
intelligence or ability to reason. I did make an effort at "self-effacing" humor with the reference to the Steve Erkel character. That was my attempt at levity. I thought some were taking the situation too seriously when it came to the bellicose verbage aimed at me.
The martyr complex I'll accept for I see nothing wrong with having deep convictions. I can only take this as a complement.
G'day, mates.

[Robert]

Jane Fonda hasn't yet figured out the only way to have people forget her actions from 30 years ago is to run for President of the US as a Republican.

It worked for GWB!!

[skinner]

Oh my god Hes got a partner In stupidity NOW!!!!! We got a ,Larry and a Moe, Wheres SHEMP
CAN WE GET A SHEMP ? LET ME HERE YA SHEMP !!!!! COM'N Shemp !!! Can I get a witness?
A witness? WITNESS, WITNESS

[skinner]

Hey Moe ,shemp ,grey fox ? QUESTION " I see nothing wrong with having deep convictions "
Is that youre sole criteria for
for judging Right or wrong ? Lets see Timothy Mcvey was quite { convicted] as is Charles Manson ... I see nothing wrong with Jayne fonda being convicted STRONGLY either............. BLIBBLE, DROOL, SLIFF .

[skinner]

Sorry for blogging off at the mouth but I reread greyfoxes post
{ Im Sorry ] How could anyone be so ,singurely. stupid , as to try to make an analogy between Martin King and jane fonda ??????????
This is incredibly infuriating to me. Why not say Mother Teresa and Bob barker are KINDRED SPIRITS This is a huge injustice to Bob Barker . and highly OFFENSIVE WITNESS???