Some things are not knowable, there are things we know, we know; there are things we think we know and there are things we know we don't know... A great Rummy explanation for events in Iraq.
Posted on 03/26/2006 9:21:46 AM PST by george76
US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld brushed off calls for his resignation and said he had no plans to step down.
"I'm hard at the job, working hard, and getting up every day and thinking what we can do for the troops and the wonderful people who serve our country," he told reporters ...
Rumsfeld also was asked about a New York Times column by Maureen Dowd, who said Rumsfeld was being treated at the White House as "an eccentric uncle."
"If you believe everything you read in Maureen Dowd, you better get a life.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
In other news today, Maureen Dowd says that she has stopped beating her lesbian lover...
He's a west coast vibe.
The only news in this piece is a reminder in the uniformly partisan nature of our major press.
We are in the process of growing new communications media, and as we do we are all starting to ignore these people more and more. Their monopoly isn't completley broken, but its started to crack.
RUMSFELD: You like to repeat all that stuff don’t you—on camera?
Did you get it? Let’s make sure you got it. He love that is stuff.
It’s a sure way to get on camera.
He’ll be on the evening news.
http://www.exposetheleft.com/2006/03/23/rumsfeld-retire-dowd/
He's effectively using American military power to kill terrorists, (the lib's freedom fighters), and win the war against islamofascism. The troops also like him.
Does Rummy have a form letter for this biweekly statement?
And, then there was Rumsfeld to Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon reporter:
"I'm rather old fashioned, I like to engage my brain before
my mouth."
Priceless! Oh, how they hate Mr. Rumsfeld!
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2006/03/rumsfeld-if-you-believe-maureen-dowd.html
Some things are not knowable, there are things we know, we know; there are things we think we know and there are things we know we don't know... A great Rummy explanation for events in Iraq.
LOL, I love how he answers questions. Priceless!!!!
Donald Rumsfeld -- the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
Tom Daschle is saddened, deeply saddened.
He's a man who isn't interested in kissing the ass of media and hand wringers.
Compare him to the sec of def for clinton and you have your true answer.
I am a major Rumsfeld fan. I just finished a book about his management style "The Rumsfeld Way"...he sounds like a bastard to work for, but he gets results, and doesn't get bogged down by intra-political BS.
That is the person I want running our DOD, and even our country. Too bad he won't run for president. He is a true patriot. Check out my links at my homepage:
http://web.mac.com/rlmorel/iWeb/Site/Rumsfeld%20Quotes.html
http://web.mac.com/rlmorel/iWeb/Site/F3A365E2-7AA1-4A4D-986E-B5B40B539A65.html
And Andrew Sullivan is .....don't even want to speculate
If President Clinton had said this, everyone would laugh.
Not everone.
One would do a slurpee, the kankled one would throw an ashtray and the daughter of satan would say,"Oh daddie".
I thought the clintons used the f.b.i. and i.r.s. that way.
Bttt to the bookmarks!
Please clarify.
Which is why the shooters throughout the military love him. And why the old dinosaurs throughout don't!
That is the person I want running our DOD, and even our country. Too bad he won't run for president. He is a true patriot.
Without question.
I don't have a clue as to what your post means. Sounds like you were on a cell phone and fell down the stairs.
I've said for years that Cheney/Rummy would have been my choice. Both are pragmatic, clever, and have spines.
Never seen Hillary's Piano Legs. Hope to never see them again. She'd be elligible for Code Pink, dontcha think?
MCINTYRE: Mr. Secretary, I’m just curious, do you feel at all embattled at this point in your tenure given the fact that…
RUMSFELD: No.
MCINTYRE: Aside from the retired two two-star general calling you “incompetent” and asking you to step down in an op-ed over the weekend,
you also had a call from Maureen Dowd, in which she quoted an unnamed administration official saying that you don’t hold the same sway in meetings and that you’re treated as “an eccentric old uncle who’s ignored.”
RUMSFELD: You like to repeat all that stuff don’t you—on camera? Did you get it? Let’s make sure you got it. He love that is stuff. It’s a sure way to get on camera.
He’ll be on the evening news.
MCINTYRE: I know you like to have the facts in the premise of the question.
RUMSFELD: Yes, I do. And you did it very well. No.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You can do one-arm pushups and put all this to rest.
RUMSFELD: The answer is no.
MCINTYRE: Do you hold the same sway in meetings?
RUMSFELD: Oh, come on. I’m not going to get into that—Pam.
QUESTION: Sir, in your opening statement you said…
RUMSFELD: If you believe everything you read from Maureen Dowd, you’d better get a life.
http://www.exposetheleft.net/video/rumsfeld-retire-dowd.wmv
http://www.exposetheleft.com/2006/03/23/rumsfeld-retire-dowd/
Rummy is wonderful. And so good at his job. :)
He's DA MAN! To me, he is the epitome of what it means to be an American.
That was awful. Just horrible. I am going to have nightmares after seeing that.
Where is an admin when you need them?
Good Lord, Rummy is one of the very best we've had in decades in our Fed gummint populated by so many fools and pretenders.
Maureen Dowd would give up three years of pay to be with a Real Man like Rummy for one weekend.
You are wise in this regards there thoughts
That is a keeper quote!
This one is good...Quote...
"Reports that say something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know,"
"We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns -- the ones we don't know we don't know."
In the Department of Defense there are:
34 - four star generals/admirals
124 - three star generals/admirals
278 - two star generals/admirals
439 - one star generals/admirals
Throw in the U.S. Coast Guard and you have 900 generals and admirals on active duty today. This is roughly the same number of generals/admirals who were on active duty in WWII when our military was 12,000,000 strong.
Given that on any given year 15-20% of those generals/admirals will retire each year it doesn't take much figuring to realize that the number of generals calling for Secretary Rumsfeld to resign is laughable.
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