Don Rumsfeld & Katherine Harris
It was reported today that Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld met with, and took questions from family members of Army personnel, whose tour in the mideast has been 'extended'. Secretary Rumsfeld is to be congratulated on having the stones to meet with the families face to face, but his comments, (those that were recorded), leave something to be desired. He noted that he saw no reason for the families to be angry with the situation or with him over the extension of the tour of duty.
Does NASA know about this guy? What planet is he from anyway?
The tone that the Secretary presented here is typical of his style, which can be summarized as "well the fact is I am right, and I am to be applauded for not bitchslappin these morons for thinking otherwise". It also illustrates another side of the issue. The morale of our troops is dropping, the Marines are even reactivating members of the reserve, (a move that has been called a 'backdoor draft'), in order to maintain force levels in the mideast.
This is a crisis of confidence, first in the administration, and (far) secondly in the mission itself.
If the mission will ever be successful, (and I doubt it), the first thing that needs fixing is the leadership in D.C.
Then there is Florida.
Katherine Harris, a candidate for the U.S. Senate, is running into some gastric problems resulting from eating her words and frequently putting her foot in her mouth.
Without comment on her qualifications, her resume, or party affiliation, this is what happens when a facile, political hack is able to capitalize on media exposure, (hence 'name recognition') to further his or her career past the point that it would normally reach if not for the aforementioned exposure.
Ms. Harris has been riding the media exposure she got during the Florida recount in the 2000 election for six years now, into the Congress and by being the occasional mouthpiece for the assinine wing of the party in power. Aside from those 'accomplishments', she hasn't been able to do much with it.
One might think that she would get the message after six years, and simply shut up.
Does NASA know about this guy? What planet is he from anyway?
The tone that the Secretary presented here is typical of his style, which can be summarized as "well the fact is I am right, and I am to be applauded for not bitchslappin these morons for thinking otherwise". It also illustrates another side of the issue. The morale of our troops is dropping, the Marines are even reactivating members of the reserve, (a move that has been called a 'backdoor draft'), in order to maintain force levels in the mideast.
This is a crisis of confidence, first in the administration, and (far) secondly in the mission itself.
If the mission will ever be successful, (and I doubt it), the first thing that needs fixing is the leadership in D.C.
Then there is Florida.
Katherine Harris, a candidate for the U.S. Senate, is running into some gastric problems resulting from eating her words and frequently putting her foot in her mouth.
Without comment on her qualifications, her resume, or party affiliation, this is what happens when a facile, political hack is able to capitalize on media exposure, (hence 'name recognition') to further his or her career past the point that it would normally reach if not for the aforementioned exposure.
Ms. Harris has been riding the media exposure she got during the Florida recount in the 2000 election for six years now, into the Congress and by being the occasional mouthpiece for the assinine wing of the party in power. Aside from those 'accomplishments', she hasn't been able to do much with it.
One might think that she would get the message after six years, and simply shut up.
posted by eccentric recluse at 2:11 PM
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