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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 01:16 AM Original message |
Exactly what is a "benchmark"? |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's all Bush learned from his MBA program. n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
2. It's when Bush says the Iraqis are doing a heckuva job. |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
3. something pigeons leave on park benches? |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 08:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Actually, it's what Tony Blair left behind on the bench, |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
4. And it has a whiff of sports jocks' lingo too. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
5. A benchmark is a pre-determined performance criterion. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 08:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Kinda like all those preconditions Bush ignored... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 06:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. I'm very sorry to say - Exactly. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 07:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Paraguay! Here's information on that strange move: |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 11:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Thanks for this information! Very odd! |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
6. when the Iraqi parliament passes the legislation that allows |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 07:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. True. This is the only benchmark which really counts to them. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 08:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Yup and if you look into Iraq's history |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 09:09 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I heard an interview on the subject |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 10:20 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Have you read this article discussing the nationalists and the |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
7. Well, on computers it's a diagnostic tool |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
8. Depends.. |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
9. Well first you'll need ... |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
13. The sporting equivalent of the "ass groove" on your favorite Barc-o-lounger n/t |
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radfringe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
16. bush's idea of a benchmark |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
18. It's the term we use |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
21. it is a mind-bogglingly stupid misnomer |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 09:19 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. You took the word right from my mouth -- milestone |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 10:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. including the run like hell part? |
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