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mwb970 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 10:10 AM
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Rice: Iraqi constitution delay indicates "momentum" - WTF?
Here's the paragraph from this morning's New York Times (page A8):

"Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice echoed Mr Bush's sentiment, noting that the vote to delay indicated 'considerable momentum toward completion' of the draft constitution."

First of all, when has Rice not "echoed Mr Bush's sentiment" on any subject whatever? But more importantly, what can she possibly think she means by this nonsensical statement? A delay in a firm, fixed date indicates momentum, according to her. According to me, it indicates the exact opposite.

Gee, what if there are further delays? Won't the momentum build up to dangerous levels? Rice is a fool.
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Walt Starr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 10:11 AM
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1. Up is Down!
War is Peace!
Freedom is Slavery!
Ignorance is Strength!
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 10:11 AM
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2. Makes you wonder if they actually listen to the shit they spout.
This admin is insane.
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 10:13 AM
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5. I don't think they do! nt
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Teaser Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 10:14 AM
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6. Not insane.
They just know that repetition of nonsense turns it into common sense.

Today we are at war with Eastasia.
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JHB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 10:13 AM
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3. Spin
Spin spin spin spin
Spin spin spin spin
a'Spin-edy spin, a'wonderful spin!

(to the tune of "The Spam Song", Monty Python)
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Dudley_DUright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 10:13 AM
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4. By that logic, actually finalizing a constitution
will be an enormous setback. They can have ours, we are apparently not using it :eyes:
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 10:15 AM
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7. There Are Two Sides To Momentum
Edited on Tue Aug-16-05 10:17 AM by ThomWV
One side of the momentum coin says that things that are happening will keep on happening as long as nothing changes.

The other side of that same momentum coin says that things that never got moving will never get moving unless something changes.

The country of Iraq had no constitution, and today has no constitution. Nothing's changed.
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Stirk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 10:16 AM
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8. And increased attacks by insurgents are a sure sign that we're winning.
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goodboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 10:17 AM
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9. in Repuke bizarro world, everything is opposite>
failure=success
up=down
wrong=right

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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 11:08 AM
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11. that the PR tactic anyway
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-05 10:37 AM
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10. Typical Repuke double-speak
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