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13383. wonkers2 - 1/19/2005 1:42:30 AM I also watched a fair amount of the Rice hearing. She's not very impressive. As is the case with many politicians, she finds it hard to admit mistakes. The worst was when she evaded answering Sen. Dodd's question about how she would feel if American soldiers were treated like we treated the prisoners at Abu Ghraib. It was a simple question for which a simple direct answer would have been appropriate, but Riceroni couldn't bring herself to say it. Also, she didn't do well with Sen. Boxer's question pointing out inconsistencies in her and Bush's statements on WMD. 13384. judithathome - 1/19/2005 1:46:23 AM When she replied to BOxer, "I would appreciate it if you would not impugn my honesty" I thought, how can she impugn what you don't seem to have? 13385. wonkers2 - 1/19/2005 1:52:14 AM Very true! She's not a very admirable person. No time for civil rights; only interested in "getting there." 13386. Ms. No - 1/19/2005 2:00:53 AM My favorite part of the 911 Commission hearings was her testimony when one of the Congressmen point blank told her to quit trying to evade the questions by talking about her agenda.
I wish she'd get called on that more often. 13387. lemwalker - 1/19/2005 2:44:29 AM It fizzled. All the water just went down the river. There are far worse things in life than rain. Rain is a 'musac' in the woods. Next drought I will invite Thoughtful to visit. 13388. arkymalarky - 1/19/2005 4:07:24 AM Glad you didn't have to lem-walk to survive the water. We were doused for weeks, and now it's sunny and cold. It's supposed to warm up to the mid 60s later this week, though. 13389. Macnas - 1/19/2005 11:59:45 AM Thoughtful, you remind me of the fellow in "The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy". 13390. Dubai Vol - 1/19/2005 12:49:41 PM I thought the same-the rain god that the cloudds loved and cherished and watered him wherever he went, only he was a lorry driver. 13391. thoughtful - 1/19/2005 3:36:12 PM maybe i should change my moniker to joe btfsplk
 13392. Magoseph - 1/19/2005 4:17:30 PM Hello, everyone. Most allusions to cartoonish characters usually pass me by, but this time I know who Joe Btfsplk is, thanks to Zane Miller who compared Kerry to him at one point during the election. 13393. wonkers2 - 1/19/2005 4:23:07 PM I wonder how the guy was able to buy the 9mm? 13394. wonkers2 - 1/19/2005 4:23:44 PM Oops! Wrong thread. 13395. iiibbb - 1/19/2005 8:13:20 PM Anyone catching the History channels series on American Presidents. It's really good.
The more things change... the more things stay the same. George Bush is a kitten compared to the controversy surrounding Andrew Jackson and some of the other early presidents. 13396. Max Macks - 1/19/2005 10:16:25 PM iiibbb
but were any of those as bad as Reagan
and the Bushies?? 13397. iiibbb - 1/19/2005 10:34:22 PM Watch the show... there are a lot of parallels between what's going on now, and Andrew Jackson's presidency... as well as Theodore Roosevelt...
It's interesting... it's good to see that we are not remarkable this day and age (not excusing Bush's shortcomings either). 13398. Ms. No - 1/19/2005 10:45:34 PM I don't know if the ability to track my Amazon package through UPS is a good thing or not. I can go to the USPS site and see that the package was delivered to the Bell, California dispatch center yesterday which means that it's less than 40 miles from my delivery address.
So it could come today!!!
or it could languish until tomorrow
...or later. 13399. Ms. No - 1/19/2005 10:48:14 PM On the better news front, I've finally gotten around to ordering regular phone service for the new place. Hardly new after 6 months of living there, but until the last box is emptied and the last tchotchke either disposed of or put away it's still sort of new.
I've been living with nothing but my cell phone for over a year now. It hasn't actually been a terrible thing. I'm not much of a phone person and long distance is free on the cell, but it's a drag and a half trying to have any kind of extended conversation on a cell phone when I'm at home.
Besides, one of these days I'll need to get back online at home and I'll need the hardline so I can hook up DSL. 13401. judithathome - 1/19/2005 10:57:33 PM Jen, I think this is better put in another thread.... 13402. Magoseph - 1/19/2005 11:09:20 PM Jen, I moved post # 13400 to Conflict in the Middle East, where you undoubtedly wanted to put it. 13403. Jenerator - 1/19/2005 11:15:55 PM No problem.
It was just something I thought of when I read the dream and comments about Rice.
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