Dick Cheney's Revisionist Bullshit

"You know, Dick Clarke. Dick Clarke, who was the head of the counter-terrorism program in the run-up to 9/11. He obviously missed it."
-- Dick Cheney, on Richard Clarke

O FUCKING RLY?

"Bin Ladin Public Profile May Presage Attack" (5/3/01)
"Bin Ladin's Networks' Plans Advancing" (5/26/01)
"Bin Ladin Attacks May Be Imminent" (6/23/01)
"Bin Ladin and Associates Making Near-Term Threats" (6/25/01)
"Bin Ladin Planning High-Profile Attacks" (6/30/01)
"Planning for Bin Ladin Attacks Continues, Despite Delays" (7/02/01)
-- subject lines of Richard Clarke emails to Bush Administration prior to 9/11/01

(courtesy of Doonesbury's "Say What?" feature)

And, of course, there's the infamous "Bin Ladin Determined to Strike US" daily security briefing from August 6, 2001.

No, he obviously had NO FUCKING IDEA this was in the works.

Fuck you, Dick. Fuck you, George. Fuck. You.

This, combined with Cheney's 180 degree flip-flop on the subject of gay marriage (now he's for it, when he was running for, and in, high-profile office(s) on a very Conservative platform, he was against it to the point where he would go into attack-dog mode at the mere mention of his daughter)... this sounds like a man who realizes that he's been a complete cockmonger, and is trying, too late, to try and gild that steaming pile of pig shit.

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John Scalzi (scalzi) describes me Harlan Ellison:
Ellison makes mention in the film that he’s someone who is great at dinner and murder to live with; I don’t doubt this is accurate. I also don’t doubt that if he is your friend, you could call him to help you bury a body. He’d bitch about his aching back the whole time, but he’d still grab a shovel.

My Other Boss Is Also Cool

Other Boss: It's days like today where I strongly consider the pros and cons of firing everyone.
etcet: Would batting my eyelashes earn me a spot on the machete and flamethrower team?
Other Boss: The fact that you think there should be a machete and flamethrower team definitely earns you brownie points.
etcet: And, considering that i think brownies, are, in the main, superior to both cake and pie (due primarily to my appreciation of chocolate, and their greater portability), brownie points work in your favor.
etcet: We need four pale horses, and two pale riders, and we're ready to roll.
etcet: Can I call dibs on Death or War?
Other Boss: And the fact that I can't stand chocolate and refuse to touch the things works in both of our favors, then.
etcet: (or perhaps "famous people (but secretly....)")
Other Boss: dibs all you like!
etcet: Okay, I'll dibs War (and also annoying Digg requests)

[WotD] Tuesday - Coworker Challenge III

Today's the first Tuesday of the month, so it was time for the guys at the office gym to bring it.

It got very thoroughly brought. Brung. Broughtenated.

It's great to have everyone so excited about this; the spirit of cameraderie, even for folks I've never spoken with much before (or, heck, even met prior to this afternoon) is wonderful, and the guys are really getting into the spirit of "I'm gonna do at least one better than last time." There was a whole lot of, "Let me see that sheet. I did how many last month?"

For me, two events remained basically unchanged -- squats and situps -- but I completely blew away my PR in both push-ups (90) and pull-ups (30).

I already can't wait to see what happens next month.