Book titles & other unintended comedy in the bios of the ISG members

[UTUSN]

Will the comedy in the members' bios undercut its Report? If EAGLEBURGER names all of his kids "Lawrence" can a George FOREMAN grill deal be far behind? How about the irony of BAKER being on a commission for election reform? And SIMPSON really really likes his brother!!!1


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James A. Baker, III: "Mr. Baker's memoir--Work Hard, Study ... and Keep Out of Politics! Adventures and Lessons from an Unexpected Public Life-- ..."

"Mr. Baker was appointed Special Presidential Envoy for (pResident) George W. (Shrub) on the issue of Iraqi debt. In 2005, he was co-chair, with former President Jimmy Carter, of the Commission on Federal Election Reform."

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Lee H. Hamilton: "He is the author of A Creative Tension--The Foreign Policy Roles of the President and Congress (2002) and How Congress Works and Why You Should Care (2004), and the coauthor of Without Precedent: The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission (2006)."

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Lawrence S Eagleburger: "Following his resignation as Secretary of State on January 19, 1993, he joined the law firm of Baker... .... He joined the boards of Halliburton Company, Phillips Petroleum Company, and Universal Corporation."

"He is the father of three sons, Larence Scott, Lawrence Andrew, and Larence Jason."

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Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.: "Mr. Jordan is the author of Vernon Can Read! A Memoir (Public Affairs, 2001)."

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Edwin Meese III: "Meese is the author of With Reagan: The Inside Story, which was published by Regnery Gateway in June 1992; co-editor of Making America Safer, published in 1997 by the Hritage Foundation; and coauthor of Leadership, Ethics and Policing, published by Prentice Hall in 2004."

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Sandra Day O'Connor: "She holds a B.A. (with Great Distinction) and an LL.B. (Order of the Coif)... "

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Leon E. Panetta: "...teaches a Master's in Public Policy course at the Panetta Institute, ... and created the Leon Panetta Lecture Series."

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Alan K. Simpson: "His book published by William Morrow Company, Right in the Old Gazoo: A Lifetime of Scrapping with the Press (1997), chronicles his personal experiences and views of the Fourth Estate."

"During the fall of 2000 he returned to his alma mater, the University of Wyoming, as a Visiting Lecturer in the Political Science Department and he continues to team teach a class part-time ith his brother, Peter, titled 'Wyoming's Political Identity: Its History and Its Politics," which is proving to be one of the most popular classes offered at UW."

"His only brother, Peter, also served as a member of the Wyoming State Legislature."

[Graybeard]

1. LOL! The sub-title of the ISG Report should be...

..." The wit and wisdom of former D.C. cocktail party
circuit A-listers." 

[drm604]

2. Larence?

You show that two of Eagleburger's sons are named Larence. According to http://www.usip.org/isg/iraq_study_group_report/report/1206/iraq_study_group_report.pdf">this pdf of the report they are all named Lawrence not Larence.

I wonder if we'll be able to cook eagle burgers on Eagleburger's grill?

[UTUSN]

3. ALL spelled LaWrence. I have trouble with the "W" on my keyboard, SERIESLY!!!1.

Lawrence, Lawrence, Lawrence. It was a typo, and if it hadn't been, it would have rendered the George FOREMAN joke meaningless.


Plus, there's a bit of "fun"(?) or sort-of-sadness in ROBB's bio that I left out. The other one---Wm. J. PERRY--was just nondescript.

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Charles S. Robb: "In between, he served in both the 1st and 2nd Marine Divisions and his assignments included duty as a Military Social Aide at the White House and command of an infantry company in combat in Vietnam."

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from a Social Aide to command in combat (and prez son-in-law).

[Graybeard]

4. Robb was the only one with guts...

...enough to venture out beyond the "Green Zone"
during group's trip to Iraq.

[UTUSN]

5. Well, O.K., but this was a comedy thread n/t