Friends in the Know.

[NativeTexan]

From WashingtonPost.com



Friends in the Know

By Al Kamen

Wednesday, April 12, 2006; Page A15

P resident Bush has lately tossed the canned public appearances with selected groups of worshipful supporters and opted to mix it up with more hostile groups, sometimes rambling on in a folksy way.

But yesterday he went back to the canned stuff, pumping his Medicare drug benefits program in Missouri and Iowa, saying how good it is and how easy to sign up. Even so, there are rambling, unscripted moments.

For example, at the end of the session in Jefferson City, Mo., Bush called on Bob Vanderfeltz to tout the Medicare program.

"When I first met him, I said, I like a guy with a snap-on shirt," Bush said to laughter and applause. "Tell everybody about yourself right quick."

"Your people asked me when they called me," Vanderfeltz said, " 'Are you going to wear a suit?' I said, 'No, I'm not going to buy one; I don't have one.' "

"Yes, I wish I didn't have to wear them, believe me," Bush said amid the laughter.




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You can't make this stuff up. From the New Orleans Times-Picayune Web site:

"Former FEMA director Michael Brown might be joining St. Bernard Parish as a paid consultant. Brown, who resigned his FEMA post last September in the wake of stinging criticism of the agency's response to Hurricane Katrina, is expected to visit the parish week.

"During his visit, Brown and parish officials will discuss the possibility of the parish contracting with Brown as a guide to help it navigate the bureaucracy of federal storm aid. Brown now has a consulting business. St. Bernard Parish President Henry "Junior"' Rodriguez said prices have not been discussed to this point, nor have any contracts been entered. Rodriguez and three council members met Brown recently during a trip to Washington, D.C."

The Leader Board on Mistakes




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So what is the administration's count these days on how many, if any, tactical mistakes were made in the U.S. war in Iraq?

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice , speaking figuratively, has talked about "thousands."

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld says zero.

On Monday, the president, who avoids using the "M" word and prefers to talk about things such as "setbacks," weighed in saying: "We have learned from our mistakes." So mistakes have been made, but he didn't give details.

On Saturday, Colin Powell -- former secretary of state and former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and someone who's actually seen combat -- seemed to side with Rice.

"We made some serious mistakes in the immediate aftermath of the fall of Baghdad," he said in a speech in Chicago, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. "We didn't have enough troops on the ground," he said. "We didn't impose our will. And as a result, an insurgency got started, and . . . it got out of control."

He didn't cite others



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[MADem]

1. "I know how to milk."

Gee Georgie, Laura tells US that you don't have a clue in this department. No WONDER you're impressed!

[Lexingtonian]

2. "I know how to milk."

This is true. Milking these suckers for all they've got is what he does every day.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

3. Cows are easy to milk...

... it's the crafty goats that make a milker a man. They know to kick the bucket (or try to) just when you are 3/4's done milking.

I know, I used to milk goats when a teenager. When my minister went on vacation, it was my job. There were allergic/lactose intolerant babies in the area that depended on the goat milk and I sold one lady a gallon every two days.

[LibertyorDeath]

4. Excuse me while I

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