Rummy Update - Penguin Edition
Even hollow-point fact bullets and truth-tipped rounds have no effect on him. The bubble is that powerful.
Old Squinty remains on the boil for now - B*sh issued a statement of support from his Easter hols, so it may have legs yet. Here are a couple of this week's highlights, and it's only tuesday night.
He was a guest on R*sh Limbaugh's show yesterday and pushed the so-ironic-my-head-might-pop 'war critics and US media are dupes of terrorist PR committees' concotion again. Choice quote: "...Zarqawi and bin Laden and Zawahiri, those people have media committees... They are actively out there trying to manipulate the press in the United States. They are very good at it."
Speaking of R*sh, I recommend Bill Hicks' take on the fat evil one (go here and scroll down a little until you hit "Speaking of Satan..."). I'm looking into a way to embed some mp3s up in this crib, if it happens I'll get Bill to christen it.
I picked up this gem from Atrios, excerpted from today's Maureen Dowd column in the NYT:
"[Rumsfeld] didn't worry about the culture in Iraq," said Bernard Trainor, the retired Marine general who is my former colleague and the co-author of "Cobra II." "He just wanted to show them the front end of an M-1 tank. He could have been in Antarctica fighting penguins. He didn't care, as long as he could send the message that you don't mess with Hopalong Cassidy. He wanted to do to Saddam in the Middle East what he did to Shinseki in the Pentagon, make him an example, say, 'I'm in charge, don't mess with me.'"
That's pretty surreal. But then only a fool ignores the military threat posed by penguins.
Old Squinty remains on the boil for now - B*sh issued a statement of support from his Easter hols, so it may have legs yet. Here are a couple of this week's highlights, and it's only tuesday night.
He was a guest on R*sh Limbaugh's show yesterday and pushed the so-ironic-my-head-might-pop 'war critics and US media are dupes of terrorist PR committees' concotion again. Choice quote: "...Zarqawi and bin Laden and Zawahiri, those people have media committees... They are actively out there trying to manipulate the press in the United States. They are very good at it."
Speaking of R*sh, I recommend Bill Hicks' take on the fat evil one (go here and scroll down a little until you hit "Speaking of Satan..."). I'm looking into a way to embed some mp3s up in this crib, if it happens I'll get Bill to christen it.
I picked up this gem from Atrios, excerpted from today's Maureen Dowd column in the NYT:
"[Rumsfeld] didn't worry about the culture in Iraq," said Bernard Trainor, the retired Marine general who is my former colleague and the co-author of "Cobra II." "He just wanted to show them the front end of an M-1 tank. He could have been in Antarctica fighting penguins. He didn't care, as long as he could send the message that you don't mess with Hopalong Cassidy. He wanted to do to Saddam in the Middle East what he did to Shinseki in the Pentagon, make him an example, say, 'I'm in charge, don't mess with me.'"
That's pretty surreal. But then only a fool ignores the military threat posed by penguins.
posted by James B. Martini | 12:40 AM
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Spot the deliberate mistake competition
General Pace defending Rummie: "But at the end of the day, after we've given our best military advice, somebody has to make a decision. And when a decision is made by the secretary of defense, unless it's illegal or immoral, we go on about doing what we've been told."
Err... answers on a postcard please.
Speaking of decision-making, here's the latest quote from B*sh today after beings asked about criticism from former generals: "I say I listen to all voices but mine's the final decision and Don Rumsfeld is doing a fine job. He's not only transforming the military, he's fighting a war on terror - He's helping us fight a war on terror. I have strong confidence in Don Rumsfeld. I hear the voices and I read the front page and I know the speculation but I'm the decider and I decide what is best and what's best is for Don Rumsfeld to remain as the Secretary of defense."
Does that make him an illegal and/or immoral decider?
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