Heads up for New England DUers: I'm on NECN tonight re: Clarke

[WilliamPitt]

NECN, 8pm EST re: Clarke and the 9/11 panel.

The video will be available here after the show:

http://www.boston.com/news/necn/Shows/news_night/

[robnycny]

1. Break a leg!

...wish I was in CT tonight to see, but alas.

[wicket]

2. I'll be watching!

Channel 6 here in Slummaville :)

[MaineDem]

3. Damn, I don't get NECN

But I'll check the website.

Give 'em hell, Will. :)

[Andy_Stephenson]

4. I adore you!

I wish I had NECN here...all I get is NWCN...:shrug:

Oh well...at least I have a photo. :evilgrin:

Edit: But wait there is video!

swoon :loveya:

[VelmaD]

6. Shame on you

You're taken. :spank:


P.S. Yer damn right *swoon* :)

[Andy_Stephenson]

8. Hey...

what termite doesn't know...wont hurt him :evilgrin:


BTW can you tell I feel better?

[VelmaD]

10. I sure can

I'm glad you're feeling better sweetie. Now I won't have to feel bad if we get into a girl-fight over Will and I have to kick your butt. :evilgrin:

:loveya:

[Andy_Stephenson]

11. Just try...

I had dibs on him first...remember...he is only a 6pack away :evilgrin:


http://www.uncoolcentral.com/six_beers/1.html

[VelmaD]

14. I've seen Will drink...

and you could go broke trying to get enough alcohol in him for him to be really drunk. (Hell, small African nations could go broke.)

[Andy_Stephenson]

16. Notice Will is absent

from this thread now. He must be blushing.

[WilliamPitt]

18. Nah. Just drunk.

:)

[Andy_Stephenson]

19. I'll be right over...

;)

[VelmaD]

22. Down boy

Don't make me start that slap-fight. ;)

[WilliamPitt]

24. *slap slap slap*

[Andy_Stephenson]

25. God I love it when you get

ROUGH...whip me beat me...make me write bad checks.

[VelmaD]

26. I meant with Andy...

but if you wanta play too I'm sure there are any number of DUers who would pay good money for pics of this particular 3-way smack-down. ;)

[Andy_Stephenson]

28. I have a digital camera and a

six pack of Bud on the ready.

[VelmaD]

29. PERV!

Hey, that's high praise coming from me. ;)

Bud? I mean...really? :eyes: If you're gonna get someone drunk and work your way into their pants the least you can do is spring for decent beer. *sheesh*

[VelmaD]

20. Highly doubtful

That boy has no shame. If he's paying any attention to our inane babbling he's probably eating it up with a spoon. :)

[displacedtexan]

5. What's the topic du jour? Never mind. I just read it. Duh!

I noticed the WH semantics game afoot and googled the transcripts below. Use this, toss, it, whatever:“Situation Room” v “Situation Room Complex”: Is the White House splitting hairs?


CLARKE: Yes. THe president -- we were in the situation room complex -- the president dragged me into a room with a couple of other people, shut the door, and said, 'I want you to find whether Iraq did this.' Now he never said, 'Make it up.' But the entire conversation left me in absolutely no doubt that George Bush wanted me to come back with a report that said 'Iraq did this.'
STAHL: Didn't you tell him that you'd looked and there'd been no connection?
CLARKE: I said, 'Mr. President. We've done this before. We have been looking at this. We looked at it with an open mind. There's no connection.' He came back at me and said, "Iraq! Saddam! Find out if there's a connection.' And in a very intimidating way. I mean, that we should come back with that answer. We wrote a report.
http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/60min_StahlClarke_transcript.html
***
Q Scott, this morning, you said the President didn't recall the conversation in the Situation Room on September 12th that Mr. Clarke said he had, where the President asked Dick Clarke three times to pursue links between 9/11 and Iraq. And you said he doesn't -- I had two questions. So did the President tell you or somebody in the White House over the weekend, he doesn't recall?
MR. McCLELLAN: Yes, I talked to him. He doesn't recall that conversation or meeting.
Q And that was -- he said it this morning, or this weekend? When did he say that?
MR. McCLELLAN: Well, this weekend and this morning, yes.
Q Okay. And secondly, Clarke now says that he has three eyewitnesses, and he repeated it again this morning, and he named them -- to the conversation.
MR. McCLELLAN: Let's just step backwards -- regardless, regardless, put that aside. There's no record of the President being in the Situation Room on that day that it was alleged to have happened, on the day of September the 12th. When the President is in the Situation Room, we keep track of that. But put all that aside, let's go to the heart of the matter. This was supposedly the day after the September 11th attacks. And, of course, you want to look at all possibilities of who might be responsible. It would be irresponsible not to consider all responsibilities.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/03/20040322-4.html

[billybob537]

31. Dubya starts with duh

[VelmaD]

7. Excellent

Rip 'em a new one honey.

:loveya:

[NewJeffCT]

9. Damn! Not on Direct TV

Oh well... I have to dump Direct TV one of these days, anyhow, now that Murdoch is in charge.

[Tracer]

12. Well, William ...

... I'll be sure to tune in Ñ along with the 7 other people who watch NECN.

[BigMcLargehuge]

13. that mean you are gonna be in Manchester?

I don't know where NECN films. But it you want I'll hook you up with a nice cup of coffee. I'm going to be in Manchester at Kuhapdo class if you want to meet up.

[NewJeffCT]

15. Manchester NH or CT?

I'm not far from CT...

[BigMcLargehuge]

17. NH

Manchester, NH

[WilliamPitt]

21. Nope. Their main studio is just outside Boston

I'll take a rain check on the coffee, tho. :)

[BigMcLargehuge]

23. anytime Will, just let me know

:)

[Amaya]

27. I'll be watching

here in CT :hi: Good luck :D

[billybob537]

30. the truth hurts

Just tell the truth they hate that more than Clinton.

[Bandit]

32. If you have a copy of Franken's book it helps fill in the details

There is a chapter on "Operation Ignore" which goes into full detail just how badly they screwed up on their dealing with terrorism and how the Clinton Administration had informed them that Terrorism and Al Qaeda would be their biggest problem. Great reference material there.

[WilliamPitt]

33. Already read it

:)

[Kathy in Cambridge]

34. KICK

[WilliamPitt]

35. It's the second segment