Comments on: Hmmmmm… http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/29/hmmmmm/ Firedoglake weblog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:01:04 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: paul http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/29/hmmmmm/#comment-399670 paul Thu, 30 Nov 2006 02:19:53 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/11/29/hmmmmm/#comment-399670 <p>on the plus side - — first through the door; first through the exit.</p> on the plus side – — first through the door; first through the exit.

]]> By: Night Musing http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/29/hmmmmm/#comment-399598 Night Musing Thu, 30 Nov 2006 01:28:18 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/11/29/hmmmmm/#comment-399598 <p>albatross @ 75</p> <blockquote><p>I can just hear Abdullah now. “Normally I’d let him twist in the wind, but the Bushes are good family friends and honor demands that I show the kid how diplomacy is supposed to work. I owe his father that much for the billions in oil money.” </p></blockquote> <p>Uhhh… if you mean Abdullah of Jordan, well, Jordan doesn’t have any oil to speak of. (Which just means that her kings have to be all the more gutsy, really.) But apart from that, I can totally see him thinking this.</p> albatross @ 75

I can just hear Abdullah now. “Normally I’d let him twist in the wind, but the Bushes are good family friends and honor demands that I show the kid how diplomacy is supposed to work. I owe his father that much for the billions in oil money.”

Uhhh… if you mean Abdullah of Jordan, well, Jordan doesn’t have any oil to speak of. (Which just means that her kings have to be all the more gutsy, really.) But apart from that, I can totally see him thinking this.

]]> By: mrJJ http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/29/hmmmmm/#comment-399269 mrJJ Wed, 29 Nov 2006 22:03:02 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/11/29/hmmmmm/#comment-399269 <p>GW Bush’s legacy… </p> <p>The Middle East left in shambles & Americas prestige and reputation torn and shattered.</p> <p><a href="http://www.icasualties.org/oif/default.aspx">http://www.icasualties.org/oif/default.aspx</a></p> <p>HECK OF A JOB jR!!</p> GW Bush’s legacy…

The Middle East left in shambles & Americas prestige and reputation torn and shattered.

http://www.icasualties.org/oif/default.aspx

HECK OF A JOB jR!!

]]> By: Schwag of Tulsa http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/29/hmmmmm/#comment-399205 Schwag of Tulsa Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:01:15 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/11/29/hmmmmm/#comment-399205 <p>watertiger’s at her new pad:</p> <p><a href="http://www.dependablerenagade.com">www.dependablerenagade.com</a></p> watertiger’s at her new pad:

http://www.dependablerenagade.com

]]> By: Biodun http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/29/hmmmmm/#comment-399152 Biodun Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:12:18 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/11/29/hmmmmm/#comment-399152 <p><a href="#comment-399136"><em>angie @ 85 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p>ummm, I don’t get it Biodun– it’s a serious posting from an Iraqi on MFI’s blog.</p></blockquote> <p>I agree it’s a serious posting. Hilarious: Sorry, wrong choice of words…</p> angie @ 85

ummm, I don’t get it Biodun– it’s a serious posting from an Iraqi on MFI’s blog.

I agree it’s a serious posting. Hilarious: Sorry, wrong choice of words…

]]> By: portia.vz http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/29/hmmmmm/#comment-399146 portia.vz Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:07:08 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/11/29/hmmmmm/#comment-399146 <p>My conspiracy theory:<br /> 1.) Bush is being set up. The memo was leaked at the worst possible time to provoke just this kind of response from Maliki and the Shiites.<br /> 2.) He is kept in Jordan an extra day while the middle east heats up around him. The place is dangerous and the natives are getting restless. Someone(s), whether foreign or domestic, decides to take Bush out. They succeed.<br /> 3.) Cheney is now free to drop that nuclear bomb and see what it does. ( you know he wants to) As retaliation for what he sees is Iran’s hand in the matter, he obliterates Tehran.<br /> 4.) The world recoils at the horror of it all but the point is made. The US is not afraid to blow the troublemakers to smithereens. Anyone else that gets between us and the oil is going to suffer the same fate.<br /> Scary, ain’t it?</p> My conspiracy theory:
1.) Bush is being set up. The memo was leaked at the worst possible time to provoke just this kind of response from Maliki and the Shiites.
2.) He is kept in Jordan an extra day while the middle east heats up around him. The place is dangerous and the natives are getting restless. Someone(s), whether foreign or domestic, decides to take Bush out. They succeed.
3.) Cheney is now free to drop that nuclear bomb and see what it does. ( you know he wants to) As retaliation for what he sees is Iran’s hand in the matter, he obliterates Tehran.
4.) The world recoils at the horror of it all but the point is made. The US is not afraid to blow the troublemakers to smithereens. Anyone else that gets between us and the oil is going to suffer the same fate.
Scary, ain’t it?

]]> By: encephalopath http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/29/hmmmmm/#comment-399138 encephalopath Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:03:47 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/11/29/hmmmmm/#comment-399138 <p>Being first through the door is leadership… isn’t it?</p> Being first through the door is leadership… isn’t it?

]]> By: angie http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/29/hmmmmm/#comment-399136 angie Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:02:35 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/11/29/hmmmmm/#comment-399136 <p>ummm, I don’t get it Biodun– it’s a serious posting from an Iraqi on MFI’s blog.</p> ummm, I don’t get it Biodun– it’s a serious posting from an Iraqi on MFI’s blog.

]]> By: Margot http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/29/hmmmmm/#comment-399133 Margot Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:01:01 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/11/29/hmmmmm/#comment-399133 <p><a href="#comment-399071"><em>Rayne @ 60</em></a></p> <blockquote><p>puppethead 48 — see my comment re: appearances.</p> <p>Who exactly said Cheney was “summoned”?</p> <p>Interesting word usage, yes?</p></blockquote> <p>Rayne—<br /> I found this in Slate:<br /> ‘The Post’s lead also has some interesting nuggets of information thrown into the story. According to officials, Vice President Cheney was “basically summoned” by Saudi Arabia to discuss Iraq, and the trip was not the simple meeting of two allies, as was initially portrayed. The paper also talks to an intelligence official who says Sadr’s Mahdi army has grown quickly in the last year and now has anywhere from 40,000 to 60,000 members, which makes it more effective than the official Iraqi army.’<br /> <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2154555/">“According to officials…”</a></p> Rayne @ 60

puppethead 48 — see my comment re: appearances.

Who exactly said Cheney was “summoned”?

Interesting word usage, yes?

Rayne—
I found this in Slate:
‘The Post’s lead also has some interesting nuggets of information thrown into the story. According to officials, Vice President Cheney was “basically summoned” by Saudi Arabia to discuss Iraq, and the trip was not the simple meeting of two allies, as was initially portrayed. The paper also talks to an intelligence official who says Sadr’s Mahdi army has grown quickly in the last year and now has anywhere from 40,000 to 60,000 members, which makes it more effective than the official Iraqi army.’
“According to officials…”

]]> By: Biodun http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/29/hmmmmm/#comment-399129 Biodun Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:59:27 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/11/29/hmmmmm/#comment-399129 <p>angie @81:</p> <p>Thanks. Hilarious.</p> angie @81:

Thanks. Hilarious.

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