I Repeat: There's A Redundancy Of Dunces In Our Government
"Learn to say "I don't know." If used when appropriate, it will be often." -- Donald Rumsfeld "If in doubt, move decisions up to the President." -- Donald Rumsfeld Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, March 13, 2006
Sunday, March 12, 2006
Ineffective Redundancy In Government: A Tragedy -- By Donald Rumsfeld
"I don't do quagmires." "I'm not into this detail stuff. I'm more concepty." "The Secretary of Defense is not a super General or Admiral. His task is to exercise civilian control over the Department for the Commander-in-Chief and the country." "Secretary Powell and I agree on every single issue that... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, March 10, 2006
A Response To The Unqualified Continuation Of The Patriot Act
"They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Ben Franklin Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Advice Potential Suicide Bombers Should Take Seriously
"Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed." -- Winston Churchill Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, February 27, 2006
What's An Army To Do?
"We don't have any options. For us to involve ourselves in the middle of this will risk one side or the other (identifying) us with the other side...We would be well advised... to stay out of this..." -- Retired Army Colonel Patrick Lang, former Middle East chief for the Defense Intelligence Agency,... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, February 24, 2006
The More We Learn The Less We Are Comforted, Dictator Bush
"The more people learn about the transaction that has been scrutinized and approved by my government, the more they'll be comforted that our ports will be secure." -- president George W. Bush, on the sale of six major shipping ports to a state-owned company from the United Arab Emirates Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Inextricably Intertwined, Even If The Bush Administration Disagrees
"This is not a question about port security. This is a question about port operation." -- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, on the controversy of the sale of six American shipping ports to Dubai Ports World, a state-owned shipping company headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, a government with... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, February 20, 2006
The Sharing Of Information Doesn't Include Terrorist Attacks On L.A.
"We now know that in October 2001, Khalid Shaykh Muhammad -- the mastermind of the September the 11th attacks -- had already set in motion a plan to have terrorist operatives hijack an airplane using shoe bombs to breach the cockpit door, and fly the plane into the tallest building on the West... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Levi Strauss, The Bush Administration, and The Muslim Brotherhood
"The fundamentalism of the last half-century is a stranger to traditional Islam. It's based on something entirely different. Basically, it's a revolt against the modern world. People in modern societies are very cosmopolitan and tolerant of ethnic and culural differences. They thrive on them. But... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, February 12, 2006
Fundamentalists Lacking In The Humanities (Also Explains Neo-Cons)
"Having an education in literature or politics or sociology seems to inoculate you against the appeals of fundamentalism." -- Khalid Duran, as quoted by Steven Emerson in American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us, on the inability of extremists to recruit creative people Sign in to see full entry.