UPDATED: WTF got into US Defence Sec Robert Gates' head? | 62 comments (62 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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Is there anyone in Washington who isn't showing evidence of disordered thinking?

The Romans could at least blame the lead in their water pipes. What's Washington's excuse?

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu Jan 17th, 2008 at 08:23:16 AM EST
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Mercury?

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Jan 17th, 2008 at 08:39:40 AM EST
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Arsenic in drinking water? MTBE?

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 17th, 2008 at 10:54:23 AM EST
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Snowdrifts of cocaine?

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu Jan 17th, 2008 at 12:07:48 PM EST
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Or inhaling petrol?

by The3rdColumn on Thu Jan 17th, 2008 at 12:20:25 PM EST
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The US has a long history of shooting itself in the foot.

Whatever it is, I am in favour of providing more of the same.

_{aspiring to genteel poverty}

by edwin (eeeeeeee222222rrrrreeeeeaaaaadddddd@@@@yyyyaaaaaaa) on Thu Jan 17th, 2008 at 12:23:51 PM EST
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I wish I could remember where I saw an article about ppml of cocaine in Maryland rivers. It is some quite astounding figure.

But the real reason I suggest, is that anyone within the Beltway who is constantly in the public eye, is also under continuous legal medication. Uppers, downers, sleepers, and circadian rhythm adjusters. That of course also applies to media people like O'Reilly.

They are not allowed to have an off day. Talk about the hypocritic oath. The real drivers of Amerika are your friendly physician and the wonderful healers of Bethesda.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Jan 17th, 2008 at 03:48:21 PM EST
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I mean, imagine if an unmedicated Colman was President. Banging his head against the lectern in the WH press room, being grumpy in the weekly address to the nation? The mind boggles....

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Jan 17th, 2008 at 04:10:56 PM EST
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Sven Triloqvist:

I mean, imagine if an unmedicated Colman was President.

For some reason I find myself liking this idea.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu Jan 17th, 2008 at 06:17:07 PM EST
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Bodily fluids...

do not know where, do not know when...

it aint a sunny day?

A pleasure

I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude

by kcurie on Thu Jan 17th, 2008 at 01:17:49 PM EST
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No, but why the surprise? Is there anyone in the Bush administration or more than a few heads in Congress who haven't been labeled as idiots here for years?

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Thu Jan 17th, 2008 at 08:29:00 PM EST
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