See Colin Powell for "ALMOST FREE!"

[sabra]

http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/5514

Apparently, being Colin Powell just isn't what it used to be. Time was, the former secretary of state and chairman of the joint chiefs commanded audiences with the world's most powerful statesmen. Presidents and politicians sought his counsel. Now, he's being sold like a free toaster.

I woke up this morning to find Powell in an advertisement in the Washington Post, offered up as an also-ran at the Get Motivated seminar that rolls into town in September. "SAVE! SAVE! SAVE!" the ad declares. See Powell for "ALMOST FREE!"



How much is "almost free," you might ask? Forty-nine bucks. "Not $49 per person," explains the ad, "but per office! So, if you have 10 people from your office attend, the investment is only $4.90 each! That is almost free!"

[Captain Hilts]

1. A series of seminars with only male 'motivational' speakers. nt

[Ian David]

2. I hear Colon Powell is going to be doing a series of infomercials, too

He's going to be plugging a line of "portable sand toilets."




Lacking Biolabs, Trailers Carried Case for War
Administration Pushed Notion of Banned Iraqi Weapons Despite Evidence to Contrary

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"There was no connection to anything biological," said one expert who studied the trailers. Another recalled an epithet that came to be associated with the trailers: "the biggest sand toilets in the world."

More:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/11/AR2006041101888.html?nav=rss_world

[rusty_parts2001]

3. I wouldn't buy a used car from the 5 star bootlicker

[Solly Mack]

4. snicker