Sappy Ann Curry: I Wish All Weapons Were Inflatable Toys
The frequently-maudlin Ann Curry outdid herself on Wednesday's Today show. Narrating a short video item about Russia unveiling a new set of inflatable weapons designed to fool spy satellites, Curry chirped: "Wish all weapons were like that." (Video below the fold.)
Her flower-child moment brought to mind how another morning show anchor, ABC's Charles Gibson, confided to Larry King shortly after the 2003 invasion of Iraq how he and his wife had “a little framed sign hanging in our bedroom, my wife and I, that said, ‘War is not good for children and other living things,’ and I believe that. So I don’t like covering war and I hate to see them occur.”
Here's the full item, as caught by MRC's Geoff Dickens during NBC's 8am ET news update on Tuesday:
“You might say the Russian Army is blowing up its own weapons. Russia’s military is investing in a new breed of inflatable decoy tanks, trucks and missile launchers made to appear real so they can even fool radar installations and spy satellites. Wish all weapons were like that.”
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First of all
Submitted by 26CX on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 11:10am.
Inflatable decoy tanks, trucks and missile launchers are not weapons. They are inflatable decoys.
And regarding the cutsey saying about war, they are fortunate that people are willing to go to war on their behalf or they wouldn't be free to say whatever comes to their pea brains.
‘War is not good for children and other living things,’
Submitted by rick.bren on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 11:17am.
To a man, I never met a soldier from generals to privates who thought war was a good thing. Thaks God, there are soldiers who train like there is going to be a war tomorrow.
Mabybe Annie would like to move to Russia and be protected by inflatable weapons.
From a vet, I agree, Rick.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 2:52pm.
Liberals hate America and want it defeated. For some reason, they think the enemy will then embrace and love them! Gonna be quite a surprise if it ever happens.
They need to learn one important lesson about war. War does not determine who is right. It determines who is left. Forget that at your peril.
Let me echo what you said.
Submitted by ricklail on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 5:45pm.
Let me echo what you said. When I was training I didn't want to go kill Charlie but it had to be done. Fortunatly I didn't have to. I didn't see the horror of combat. Talk to those in all wars that did and they won't talk about it. They didn't like killing but had to do it.
Hey Rick........you could
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 6:05pm.
Hey Rick........you could have lied about it to make yourself look more electable............
Actually, that reminded me of a statement I heard from a lib acquaintance - when the Iraq war was starting. She said that a lot of 'people' (???) would be joining up because it would be a 'resume enhancer' for their future careers. Of course, whe was also very ANTI-Iraq war in no time at all. I did ask her to explain the 'resume enhancer' remark, but all I got was a flat-out denial of ever having said it.................
The Allied forces used all
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 11:18am.
The Allied forces used all sorts of inflatable decoys around England prior to the D-Day invasion to fool the German reconnaisance planes.........of course, that was basically the USA, so there can be no mention made of that!!!
I'm waiting for the story on the inflatable Mooooooooslem suicide/homicide bombers.............
The US has used generaotrs to
Submitted by ricklail on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 12:19pm.
The US has used generaotrs to create heat so the enemy would think it was the exhaust from one of the decoy tanks. This fool acts like decoys are new.
Ann if you ever wanted to go hunting A-holes you could get Bathtub Boy and SGT Shitz for your decoys.
They would only work if
Submitted by USA4freedom on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 1:51pm.
They would only work if you were hunting the Dodo bird.
I think they are extinct.. Like MSNBC will be one day..
Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.
Insert: your name, 2008, the Republican party.
Of course, that was basically the USA
Submitted by yutsnark on Sun, 10/17/2010 - 5:10am.
Of course, that was basically the USA under a liberal government.
Except they understood who
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 10/17/2010 - 2:13pm.
Except they understood who the enemy was and the threat that needed to be dealt with...............maybe you'd rather be speaking German or Japanese right now???
Boy Blunders main enemy IS the USA................
Tokyo Curry
Submitted by Anneke9 on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 11:20am.
My mother iikes to tells us a story from her childhood about the Germans building a fake hangar full of fake wooden airplanes outside her town. This was supposed to fool the Allies and entice them to bomb the fake planes instead of the real airstrip.
The Allies dropped wooden bombs on the wooden airplanes. Then they blew the hell out of the real thing.
"Wish all weapons were like that.” So, is Curry advocating that our enemies continue to manufacture fake weapons to fool our own military? Tokyo Curry.
Ann Curry? Ann of Wheaton--that Ann Curry?
Submitted by CO2Maker on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 11:38am.
Guys like blow-up things and things that blow up, and blowing in general (ask Bubba).
BTW, Ann of Wheat-on-Curry, how did you feel about that environmental-friendly "10-10 Blow the Deniers to Smithereens" trailer?
Ann Curry
Submitted by rpeeler42 on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 11:58am.
Ann Curry, and it seems all the main players on the Today Show, are far left Progessives.They hate anybody who is a conservative. Matt Lauer is a worthless tool.The whole show sucks, big time.
Some Examples
Submitted by libBuster on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 12:49pm.
The irony of that
Submitted by Barack_must_go..... on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 12:05pm.
The irony of that statement though lost on Ms. Curry happens to be the reality that her, along with her lame street media ilk, would themselves be nothing more than someones blow up doll.......filled with the same hot air, though thankfully minus the bullshit.
Maybe she's really on to something afterall.
Barack_Must_Go.....
minus?
Submitted by Ciampino on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 9:00pm.
I thought they were full of it !
*facepalm*
Submitted by wiwf on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 12:15pm.
*facepalm*question to ask
Submitted by jon_torlin on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 12:17pm.
I'm sure the question has been brought up before, but I haven't seen the answer so maybe someone could explain(including the resident shrink).
What is it with liberals that have this need, this desire to be conquered?
-Jon
Jon, it's partly a need to be
Submitted by Van Halen on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 12:36pm.
Jon, it's partly a need to be conquered and partly a need to support anything that is against America. If you think about it, those two pillars really hold up most of the beliefs of Liberalism. Still, I agree that it's weird how the Left went from 'Hell No, We Won't Go!' to 'Anything you say, Master!'
those two pillars
Submitted by jon_torlin on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 1:02pm.
Suddenly those pillars used at the Chairman's "acceptance speech" make more sense.
Of course, the use of pillars (five pillars for America for example by him) is an Islamic thing too.
-Jon
Biggest victim wins
Submitted by weary on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 3:31pm.
In perpetual advocacy, what easier path exists to the moral high ground?
Passive-aggressive "progressives" take the short-cut to their goals in society, but they risk losing civilization altogether.
Maybe it's about responsibility
Submitted by Galvanic on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 6:35pm.
When you're occupied by a foreign power, you can convince yourself that you are no longer responsible for the decision affecting your own fate.
If you think this is far fetched, listen to the some of the rhetoric of th eFar Left, which speaks of any Republican Administration as if it is an occupier.
It's a resignation to authority and hoping that it will be benevolent.
The Left is so worried about
Submitted by Van Halen on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 12:34pm.
The Left is so worried about war? Then why don't they get off their @sses and start complaining about Obama's expanding of the war from Iraq and Afghanistan to Yemen and Pakistan?
Or the war that Boy Blunder
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 2:37pm.
Or the war that Boy Blunder has declared on our economy, our basic principles as set out by the founding fathers, and our basic inherent freedoms.................and I could make the case that this attack is coming from a guy who may not be any more legitimate or genuine than a blow-up weapon!!!
The only problem is, this blow-up weapon has The Left totally fooled.....so once again, liberalism is suicidal, but they want to take the rest of us with them...............
Indeed, many liberals have
Submitted by yutsnark on Sun, 10/17/2010 - 4:45am.
Indeed, many liberals have been complaining about our expansion in Afghanistan, while taking small solace from the fact that it comes with a timetable.
If anybody, left or right, has a comprehesnsive, credible solution for the Pakistan/Afghanistan mess, I would vote for him in a minute and allow him to marry my daughter.
Currying up to idiocy!
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 1:38pm.
Ann went on to say that...
Oh golly gosh, I just want world peace and for cats and dogs to become friends forever. Also...
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens.
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens.
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things
Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things.
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
great catch Jack Bauer*
Submitted by cajun2 on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 2:13pm.
and I look forward to reading your book....;-)
and I look forward to reading
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 3:17pm.
and I look forward to reading your book....;-)
Me too!!!
It took me years to write, will you take a look? It's based on a novel by a man named Lear And I need a job, so I want to be a paperback writer... Paperback writer.
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
Paperback reader*
Submitted by cajun2 on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 8:12pm.
Since I cant find a job, I can only afford to read paperbacks, I own about 500 and am a very eclectic reader. Mr Lear sounds interesting...;-)
Mr. Jack Bauer
Submitted by Michael30 on Sun, 10/17/2010 - 3:31am.
Being a novelist is a nice way to make a living if you can find a publisher and know how to get it printed.
Just one piece of advice though, wait until you are done with it, print out a copy and seal it in an envelope. Use registered mail and mail it to yourself. This way, you have a sealed, stamped, dated and signed for copy of your book.
This way, if someone tries to steal it, you have the completed work in your posession (don't open it,) to prove you wrote it when you did.
Good luck with your endeavour,
Mike
P.S. I'm not implying that someone here would steal your work, sorry if it sounded that way.
Leftists always say, "Golly
Submitted by ant on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 2:37pm.
Leftists always say, "Golly Gee, I wish we could all just live in peace and pet kittens" while they;
1. Beat up black conservatives selling buttons and flags.
2.Aid and abet Hezbollah, La Raza and other groups that call for violent answers to their wants.
3.Vandalize their own offices,etc., in order to frame others.
4.Wish for the deaths and or rapes of their perceived enemies,such as Rush Limbaugh or Sarah Palin.
5. Are the first to jump to knee-jerk anger responses whenever they are losing an argument.
6. Are willing to murder or imprison millions of people in order to achieve their utopia of peace (Chairman Mao,et al.).
Hatred and violence are a part of the left's mentality, weapons,to conservatives, are a means to deter violence. The left just can't or won't understand that.
Curry reminds me of Sanchez
Submitted by krendler on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 2:39pm.
I've never understood why a network would willingly put this dingbat in front of the camera.
She's thick and she's phony as hell - just like Rick.
For the Same Reason we have "The View"
Submitted by libBuster on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 6:20pm.
The Today Show is geared towards women and tries to play off their emotions. Ann Curry is there because she is simple minded and non-threatening. Curry emotes well. If Curry were brilliant or insightful that would be threatening to many of the target audience. Worse still, she might not be able to deliver Today's daily dose of piffle convincingly.
She is as deep as the Today Show producers think their audence is.
As deep as
Submitted by UpNorth on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 8:57pm.
all 257 women, and three metrosexuals who watch each and every morning? Their numbers are as bad as their opposite numbers at 6:30pm. And so are numbers of the shows on SeeBS and the All Barack Channel.
But they are great lead-ins to The (Slanted) View.
If
Submitted by ripper58 on Sun, 10/17/2010 - 6:39am.
ann curry were brilliant and insightful she would be a Republican/Conservative
Simple Minded
Submitted by libBuster on Sun, 10/17/2010 - 10:42am.
Ann is a perfect example of the corresive effects of putting the simple minded in positions of influence.
Ann is that she has designs on being a "reporter" -- perhaps a great "foreign correspondent." Accordingly, NBC dispatched her to Pakistan in 2007 to do some serious reporting.
Big mistake NBC!!! Curry will be forever marked by her shouted criticism to the late Behazair Bhutto over the possibilty of people dying because Bhutto was willing to stand up for what is right.:
Thank God for the clarity of this write up...
Submitted by mawendt on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 11:10pm.
... because I thought she'd said 'inflatable BOYS'.
How embarrassing for Anne,
Submitted by msh1973 on Sun, 10/17/2010 - 10:11am.
How embarrassing for Anne, although she is so out of touch she most likely has no idea how stupid her comment was.
Four Square Fool
Submitted by rammingspeed on Sun, 10/17/2010 - 11:43am.
Ann Curry is typical of the sheltered people on the left, people who've never had to experience the consequences of their childishiness. 9/11 happens, she's shocked and saddended and all that, then she quickly retreats into her protective bubble, confident through her magical thinking that everything will turn out okay. Guns and bombs and stuff? Yucky!!
Speaking of inflatables...
Submitted by m4ster chief on Sun, 10/17/2010 - 12:22pm.
...looking at and listening to these Liberal women, I understand why some Liberal men prefer inflatable dolls both for good conversation and...oh, never mind.