“…The voters started voting for "hunks" and candidates they could "relate" to instead of administrators….” – rig
Like the following? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp4GROaQU8M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSYdgKNDYUg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvjhbAr3BqQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLmiOEk59n8 or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z3dG4Sua7s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwIOEN6XamA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YftGy493oT0&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgSS50NiCb0 On Dec 1, 5:59 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > The Clinton's distortion of truth started long before that- try > Jennifer Flowers and that "60 Minutes" interview. The voters started > voting for "hunks" and candidates they could "relate" to instead of > administrators. Nothing has changed in this past election when you > have white op/ed writers- Judith Warner-NYTimes- dreaming about a > shower with Obama- lol- thrills running up Chris Matthew's leg, Oprah > working the whites in Iowa, a biased media. The lack of substantial > candidates is the real problem. Like cream, scum rises to the top. > > On Dec 1, 7:10 am, Justintruth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Your so totally biased in your viewpoint Don. > > > You know that an extraordinary amount of money was spent trying to > > "get Clinton". The special prosecutor remember? Whitewater? etc etc > > etc etc. Years of attempted distortions and abuse of the legal system. > > Finally they "got him" in one of the oldest traps in the books - its > > called a honeypot - they trapped him with a woman. > > > Now you can tell this is true by reflecting on one point and one point > > alone. What woman do you know, who after getting a cum stain on her > > dress during a blow job, will, instead of rapidly getting it cleaned, > > preserve the stain? What possibly would make her do that? There is > > only one possible explanation. She wanted evidence. That was what she > > was there for. This was an operation conducted by Linda Trip running > > her operative Monica. > > > Now Clinton was trying to evade this massive trap and cornered tried > > to evade with semantics under oath... so now you "got him" ... > > suddenly you don't care about sex because you don't need it.... you > > got him on perjury... or so you thought....you masked your shame in > > your audacity... you went for impeachment... it was a "high crime > > or..." Right? > > > I am not distorting here. This is the truth. A blind man could see it. > > > And you accuse *him* of distortion? Talk about taking a splinter out > > of someone else's eye when you have a log in your own! > > > What you are saying is just such a complete distortion. You want to > > see a liar or a bullshitter, guy? Just look in the mirror. The real > > problem is the destruction of peoples lives that you have cost and the > > weakening of the ideals we require to remain free. This stuff has had > > consequences. Line the innocent dead up and drive by them in a car on > > a highway and you will take hours to pass them. Many of them children. > > But the worse has been the contamination of our ideals and the > > prostitution of bravery. You should be ashamed of yourself and what > > your "distortions" have caused. > > > ... and still it goes on.... > > > On Nov 30, 3:20 pm, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > That was pretty cool. Not sure if you're implying Rummy is lying here > > > 'cause if that's your point I'm totally missing it. I remember the > > > Glass Box. We had one at the local Jo Jo's which became a Denny's > > > about ten years ago. It was fun to watch the kids try for the stuffed > > > monkey banging the cymbals together. The image is a good analogy for > > > the global warmist's efforts to keep alive their failing 'science.' > > > Keep chasing that monkey or dragon or whatever if you want to I say. > > > It is wise to remember hope is a fragile thing. > > > > I think i just went Gabbyly enigmatic there. > > > > -Don > > > > On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 4:53 PM, ornamentalmind > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The Poetry of D.H. Rumsfeld > > > > Recent works by the secretary of defense. > > > > > By Hart SeelyPosted Wednesday, April 2, 2003, at 1:03 PM ET > > > > > Rumsfeld's free-speaking verseSecretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is > > > > an accomplished man. Not only is he guiding the war in Iraq, he has > > > > been a pilot, a congressman, an ambassador, a businessman, and a civil > > > > servant. But few Americans know that he is also a poet. > > > > > Until now, the secretary's poetry has found only a small and skeptical > > > > audience: the Pentagon press corps. Every day, Rumsfeld regales > > > > reporters with his jazzy, impromptu riffs. Few of them seem to > > > > appreciate it. > > > > > But we should all be listening. Rumsfeld's poetry is paradoxical: It > > > > uses playful language to address the most somber subjects: war, > > > > terrorism, mortality. Much of it is about indirection and evasion: He > > > > never faces his subjects head on but weaves away, letting inversions > > > > and repetitions confuse and beguile. His work, with its dedication to > > > > the fractured rhythms of the plainspoken vernacular, is reminiscent of > > > > William Carlos Williams'. Some readers may find that Rumsfeld's gift > > > > for offhand, quotidian pronouncements is as entrancing as Frank > > > > O'Hara's. > > > > > And so Slate has compiled a collection of Rumsfeld's poems, bringing > > > > them to a wider public for the first time. The poems that follow are > > > > the exact words of the defense secretary, as taken from the official > > > > transcripts on the Defense Department Web site. > > > > > The Unknown > > > > > As we know, > > > > There are known knowns. > > > > There are things we know we know. > > > > We also know > > > > There are known unknowns. > > > > That is to say > > > > We know there are some things > > > > We do not know. > > > > But there are also unknown unknowns, > > > > The ones we don't know > > > > We don't know. > > > > —Feb. 12, 2002, Department of Defense news briefing > > > > > Glass Box > > > > > You know, it's the old glass box at the— > > > > At the gas station, > > > > Where you're using those little things > > > > Trying to pick up the prize, > > > > And you can't find it. > > > > It's— > > > > And it's all these arms are going down in there, > > > > And so you keep dropping it > > > > And picking it up again and moving it, > > > > But— > > > > Some of you are probably too young to remember those— > > > > Those glass boxes, > > > > But— > > > > But they used to have them > > > > At all the gas stations > > > > When I was a kid. > > > > —Dec. 6, 2001, Department of Defense news briefing > > > > > A Confession > > > > > Once in a while, > > > > I'm standing here, doing something. > > > > And I think, > > > > "What in the world am I doing here?" > > > > It's a big surprise. > > > > —May 16, 2001, interview with the New York Times > > > > > Happenings > > > > > You're going to be told lots of things. > > > > You get told things every day that don't happen. > > > > It doesn't seem to bother people, they don't— > > > > It's printed in the press. > > > > The world thinks all these things happen. > > > > They never happened. > > > > Everyone's so eager to get the story > > > > Before in fact the story's there > > > > That the world is constantly being fed > > > > Things that haven't happened. > > > > All I can tell you is, > > > > It hasn't happened. > > > > It's going to happen. > > > > —Feb. 28, 2003, Department of Defense briefing > > > > > The Digital Revolution > > > > > Oh my goodness gracious, > > > > What you can buy off the Internet > > > > In terms of overhead photography! > > > > A trained ape can know an awful lot > > > > Of what is going on in this world, > > > > Just by punching on his mouse > > > > For a relatively modest cost! > > > > —June 9, 2001, following European trip > > > > > The Situation > > > > > Things will not be necessarily continuous. > > > > The fact that they are something other than perfectly continuous > > > > Ought not to be characterized as a pause. > > > > There will be some things that people will see. > > > > There will be some things that people won't see. > > > > And life goes on. > > > > —Oct. 12, 2001, Department of Defense news briefing > > > > > Clarity > > > > > I think what you'll find, > > > > I think what you'll find is, > > > > Whatever it is we do substantively, > > > > There will be near-perfect clarity > > > > As to what it is. > > > > And it will be known, > > > > And it will be known to the Congress, > > > > And it will be known to you, > > > > Probably before we decide it, > > > > But it will be known. > > > > —Feb. 28, 2003, Department of Defense briefing > > > > >http://www.slate.com/id/2081042/ > > > > > On Nov 30, 2:28 pm, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> regarding claims about global warming: are they really liars? Or > > > > >> > mere bullshitters? > > > > >> A bit of both probably. Even the most egregious departures from truth > > > >> can, and often are, rationalized. Here's my personal favorite. > > > > >> "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is. If the--if he--if > > > >> 'is' means is and never has been, that is not--that is one thing. If > > > >> it means there is none, that was a completely true statement....Now, > > > >> if someone had asked me on that day, are you having any kind of sexual > > > >> relations with Ms. Lewinsky, that is, asked me a question in the > > > >> present tense, I would have said no. And it would have been completely > > > >> true." > > > > >> Chutzpah, ladies and gentlemen, has no limits. > > > > >> -Don > > > > >> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Alan Wostenberg <[email protected]> > > > >> wrote: > > > > >> > On Nov 29, 7:58 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> >> We can bleat forever about the nature of truth. I generally prefer > > > >> >> a > > > >> >> limited notion of truth and honesty against lies and deception. > > > > >> > "Truth" says Aristotle, "is saying of what is that it is, and of what > > > >> > is not that it is not". A liar, according to Mortimer Adler, is one > > > >> > who willfully displaces his ontological predicates: he says of what > > > >> > is > > > >> > that it is not, or of what is not that it is. You say people lie and > > > >> > deceive about "global warming". The first thing to know about lying > > > >> > is > > > >> > that it is not the same as speaking falsehood. The liar knows he's > > > >> > lying. This means a) he knows the truth b) he speaks otherwise > > > > >> > The the > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. 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