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Thu Jun-10-04 08:03 AM
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enough, already about RR. how many have read R. Clarke's book? |
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too bad he made that "pledge" before the commission
he DEFINITELY should be Kerry's head of Homeland Security
that book is the most fascinating, all-encompassing tale of the inner workings of the highest levels of government I've ever read
a page-turner to boot
he was the connective tissue for national security in all four of the admins in which he served.
they relied on him in so many different areas, and he was at the heart of so many crucial events, it almost became a parody.
and you KNOW why he quit....he couldn't stand the misapplication of resources, the utter politicization of EVERYthing those fools did, AND the complete incompetence
just sickening to think of all that's happened to our country, both by omission AND commission, since this bunch of lying thieves stole our nation
I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK!!!!!!
forget Reagan....Eyes back on the prize!
and I mean that!
Read Clarke's book, if you haven't
seminal stuff
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Thu Jun-10-04 08:05 AM
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I will read Brock's new book and Dean's new book. I bought them both.
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Thu Jun-10-04 08:05 AM
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and it's on the top of my to-read pile!
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Thu Jun-10-04 08:06 AM
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It was a suprisingly well written book. I recommend it to everyone, try to get it in befor President Clinton's book is released because that one is going to take some time.
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buycitgo
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Thu Jun-10-04 08:12 AM
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8. can you think of anyone else anywhere NEAR as qualified |
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to take over Ridge's job come January?
course he was the first one to do it, under Clinton's initial setup
and they tried to smear Clarke by saying he was POd about not getting the job under dumbo....that he lobbied for it
maybe he did, but he SHOULD have been the one to have gotten it
he was infinitely better prepared than any of those ideological buffoons that were "in charge" of protecting us
protecting us by concentrating on Star Wars
right, Condi?
why won't you release the text of your big national security speech you were sposed to give on 911?
huh?
how lucky can they GET?
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Thu Jun-10-04 08:08 AM
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4. Read the whole book on a Sunday afternoon... |
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right after it came out... and yes, it is an incredibly well-written book. Not a dry word in it.
Dean's book too... another page-turner.
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Thu Jun-10-04 08:09 AM
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5. Nah, I'm reading The DaVinci Code |
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Just kidding...read it when it came out, loaned it to a friend and haven't seen it since. And I want to reread it! It's great...too bad it's a true story.
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Thu Jun-10-04 08:10 AM
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Edited on Thu Jun-10-04 08:11 AM by Richardo
Once you get past the first chapter (which I found a rather sensationalistic recounting of 9/11) he lays out and constrasts the policies of each of the administrations, and how the action or inaction of each directly led to the situation we find ourselves in today.
I especially liked his rather fond descriptions of Clinton. The scene that stuck with me the most (even though I cannot remember the subject matter right now) is the one where Clinton was making prepared remarks in front of a group and then looked over and winked at Clarke, and Clarke knew instantly that that meant Bill was going to wing it. And he went off, in-depth and knowledgably, on the subject that he and Clarke discussed in the car on the way to the event.
Contrast that to the guy who can't even read a cue card.
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Thu Jun-10-04 08:11 AM
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7. read it. Looking for his Vanity Fair interview |
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He is a hero and it was my man Wes who nudged him to go public.
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Thu Jun-10-04 08:17 AM
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9. I'm reading Clark's book now, but I do have one RR question... |
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...Ronald Reagan joined the army during WWII, but was never put into active front-line duty anywhere overseas because he had bad eye-sight. Yet, in a rare change, Reagan read from a TelePrompter, instead of note cards, when acknowledging his nomination. He was 69 years old at the time. That seems odd to me that his eye-sight would improve as he became older.
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Thu Jun-10-04 08:22 AM
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10. could be his farsighted vision (sic?) got a little better as he aged |
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mine has, a bit
dunno what else it could be
earphones? they say there was a messup with one later on, during a press conference, and he started speaking stage directions, or something like that......can't remember exactly
or maybe he was reading cue cards out of order
whatever
PSD setting in on me
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Thu Jun-10-04 08:33 AM
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13. RR was a well known draft-dodger |
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so hated by veterans like my father that it turned him into a Democrat.
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Thu Jun-10-04 08:24 AM
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11. and wasn't it swell the way the pentagon undercut him |
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telling him it was too risky to go in and snatch some guy, then telling the special force troops that Clinton was too wussy to OK it?
and that Clinton OK'd EVERY SINGLE snatch (heh) that they offered up
fricking pugs with their frickin politics to the death
thanks, scum
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Thu Jun-10-04 08:27 AM
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12. "Clinton OK'd EVERY SINGLE snatch (heh) " |
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Dude, you post at least one thing every day that makes me snort coffee all over the place.
:toast:
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Thu Jun-10-04 08:35 AM
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14. why, thank you, dude! |
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