Kerry's recklessness disrupted Vietnam missions, former commander says

I like my Whataburger with cheese, no onions, and extra pickles.

 

First, whole milk is poured into large containers called "bassines normandes" (Norman bowls). The aim of that stage is to make the milk coagulate/curdle. In conditions that are different in every dairy, the rennet* is added to the milk, and one should wait 1h30 before the beginning of the next step. At the end of that period, the milk has formed into curds.
*Rennet is an enzyme that reduces the time necessary to separate the liquids from the solids.

Then comes the moulding. This is particular to camembert, because the curdled milk should be put in the mould with a special ladle, in at least four time (That operation lasts often more than 4 hours!). Extreme caution should be taken to prevent the curds from being shaken.

The next step is rather easy in comparison. The curds are perfectly levelled in the mould.


To drain off whey, the futur camembert is put on shelves, for four to five hours and then turned over.

The next morning, the camembert, which has now its final shape, is taken out of its mould, and set on a tray in a salting room. There, it is covered on both sides with a thin layer of salt and finally with a precious fungus "penicillium candidum". That fungus replaced the genuine "penicillium camembertii" that was sometimes responsible of blue moistures on the cheese.

The active part of the making is now over... Nevertheless, the camembert is not yet ready for consumption, it should be placed on special shelves "les haloirs" for approximately 12 days .

Finally it is packed in its famous wood box, and sent to the consumers.
After 21 days, it is said to be "affiné" (refined) and "à point", 30 to 35 days after its birth.

 

Let's see here...

I've counted 453,897,124 stories on alleged minor discrepancies in Kerry's decorated military service.

I've counted 4 stories on why Bush was literally missing from National Guard Service.



Kerry's military record is very much fair game. As is Bush's, and the public has every right to know what they did or did not do. But shouldn't we be discussing, I dunno, what the candidates will do about the WAR WE'RE CURRENTLY FIGHTING?

 

The Dems just aren't getting their money's worth out their PR budget then.

 

Yeah, this is getting borderline obsessive-compulsive.

 

Hey! But it keeps us away from...

stem cell research
jobs
the economy
healthcare
gay rights
the environment

you know! unimportant stuff...

 

Had Kerry not shamelessly bragged about his service, none of this would have been an issue. Then the Swiftees started uncovering all of Kerry's lies, and the next thing you know, Kerry is weakening severely in the polls. I believe Kerry gave himself a self-inflicted wound with his over-the-top military boasting at the DNC. Maybe he could write up the after action report again and give himself a 4th Purple Heart. Nah, I take that back -- this wound isn't superficial enough to apply. It's DEEP.

 

Bush creates a palpable environment of perpetual war and terror, using unprovoked military force to invade, overthrow and occupy two seperate sovereign nations, and warning Americans that terror could strike at any moment. We're fighting a war right now -- a war that will certainly influence millions of voters.

But *Kerry* is using military service as a campaigning device.

 

Well, if the war in Iraq is so unpopular with the American people, how could Bush possibly use it to influence millions of voters?

 

Didn't you get the memo from Rove?

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm.../ap/20040827/ap_on_el_pr/bush_14&sid=96378798

 

These are all fine but let's hear Kerry make them a centerpeice AND tell us what he can do to improve them AND how he will pay for them.

Kerry's campain so far is "I will be a better commander in chief" and "I will help the middle class" and honestly I have no idea why he would be an upgrade despite all his ads on either front. To me he should be campaigning for "I was in the Military" and "I'll tax the rich" and that makes me good despite the fact people are questioning my military record and I married a woman worth millions.

 

Excuse me there, Slick. I would call blowing up two very large manhattan buildings and killing thousands of americans 'provocation.' I'm all for condemning these stupid attacks on Kerry, but don't go overboard.

 

America was absolutely provoked into retaliation against the attackers. Those dickless idiots should rot in hell. But instead of retaliating against them, we attacked two countries that had relatively nothing to do with Sept. 11, 2001.

Most of the terrorists were from Saudi Arabia, they were funded by Saudi Arabia and they trained in Saudi Arabia, but we attack Afghanistan (who we already planned to attack well before Sept. 11, 2001) and Iraq. So while we've been chasing oil pipelines around the world, the offending terrorists have skated.

But still Bush continues to use Sept. 11, 2001 as justification for perpetual war. Hell, he's even called himself a "war president."

Given these circumstances, I'd say the military and its usage are issues that Kerry has every right to question. Kerry's been to war, Bush has not.

 

I don't have any problem at all with invading Afghanistan. The main problems I have there is that we pulled resources away for the invasion and occupation of Iraq, an optional war made because Bush wanted to. We have underfunded the aid needed and promised to Afghanistan and have not kept as many intelligence assets there as are needed. Or, a sufficient number of troops. In my opinion, of course.

We had overwhelming international approval to invade Afghanistan. Where is that approval now?

The answer, my friends, is blowing in the winds of Iraq.