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It's time to go.
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“You go to war with the army you have, not with the army you might want or wish to have.”
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HP CEO, Carly Fiorina. Oh, wait! They fired her already. :)
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Harvard President, Larry Summers.
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y larry summers. just cuz he said something that wasnt PC
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the top of this list should be Kofi Annon. THe UN is a joke and corrupt as hell, whether he is complicit, whichi dont think heis, he needs to go.
His son on the other hand should bein jail for takin kickbacks from an "uncle" during the Oil for Food scandal
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Congressman: Dr. Rice what was the title of that memo Richard Clarke put on your desk?
Condi: "Bin Laden determined to strike in the United States."
Congressmen: And what did you do about it?
Condi: Nothing. Terrorism was not on my radar screen. :-[
America: :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
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"I supported the war in Afghanistan because 3000 of our people were murdered and I thought we had a right to defend the people of the United States." - Howard Dean
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I called it! ;D
http://www.thecrimson.com/
Harvard President Says He Is Stepping Down
By ALAN FINDER and KATE ZERNIKE
Lawrence H. Summers, the president of Harvard University, said today that he would step down at the end of the academic year
Dr. Summers will likely take a yearlong sabbatical and then return to Harvard as a distinguished professor of economics and public policy, the university said in a prepared statement.
Derek Bok, who served as president of Harvard from 1971 to 1991, will serve as interim president, beginning in July and until a search for a new president is completed.
The president's decision came after several weeks of agitation by many members of the faculty of Harvard's largest school, who were upset over the resignation of their dean, William C. Kirby, late last month. Many of the professors, who are part of Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, accused Dr. Summers of having forced out Dr. Kirby. They scheduled a vote of no confidence in Dr. Summers for their next faculty meeting, on Feb. 28.
The decision to step down came from Dr. Summers after he decided that his situation had become untenable, a university official said.
After some members of the university's governing board talked in private with professors and administrators, trying to gauge the depth of the faculty's anger, the board also came to the conclusion that the relationship between the president and the faculty could not be repaired. Many of the professors who spoke with board members urged them to end the conflict by asking Dr. Summers to step down, said a professor who had talked with a board member . . .
http://nytimes.com/2006/02/21/education/21cnd-harvard.html?hp&ex=1140584400&en=746cfec911ab609f&ei=5094&partner=homepage
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Rumsfeld Rebuked By Retired Generals
Ex-Iraq Commander Calls for Resignation
The retired commander of key forces in Iraq called yesterday for Donald H. Rumsfeld to step down, joining several other former top military commanders who have harshly criticized the defense secretary's authoritarian style for making the military's job more difficult.
"I think we need a fresh start" at the top of the Pentagon, retired Army Maj. Gen. John Batiste, who commanded the 1st Infantry Division in Iraq in 2004-2005, said in an interview. "We need leadership up there that respects the military as they expect the military to respect them. And that leadership needs to understand teamwork."
Batiste noted that many of his peers feel the same way. "It speaks volumes that guys like me are speaking out from retirement about the leadership climate in the Department of Defense," he said earlier yesterday on CNN.
Batiste's comments resonate especially within the Army: It is widely known there that he was offered a promotion to three-star rank to return to Iraq and be the No. 2 U.S. military officer there but he declined because he no longer wished to serve under Rumsfeld. Also, before going to Iraq, he worked at the highest level of the Pentagon, serving as the senior military assistant to Paul D. Wolfowitz, then the deputy secretary of defense.
Batiste said he believes that the administration's handling of the Iraq war has violated fundamental military principles, such as unity of command and unity of effort. In other interviews, Batiste has said he thinks the violation of another military principle -- ensuring there are enough forces -- helped create the Abu Ghraib abuse scandal by putting too much responsibility on incompetent officers and undertrained troops.
His comments follow similar recent high-profile attacks on Rumsfeld by three other retired flag officers, amid indications that many of their peers feel the same way.
"We won't get fooled again," retired Marine Lt. Gen. Gregory Newbold, who held the key post of director of operations on the staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2000 to 2002, wrote in an essay in Time magazine this week. Listing a series of mistakes such as "McNamara-like micromanagement," a reference to the Vietnam War-era secretary of defense, Newbold called for "replacing Rumsfeld and many others unwilling to fundamentally change their approach" . . .
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/12/AR2006041201114_pf.html
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Six former generals have called for Rummy to be fired. How many more will it take?
It looks like the white house strategy of putting out the attack dogs on anyone who defies them (Joe Wilson, Richard Clarke, Paul O’Neil, Kerry, McCain, John Murtha, etc.) won’t work on those generals. :-\
I don't mind seeing the white house implode, I just wish 2300 troops didn't have to die for it. :'(
For the sake of our servicemen and women, Rummy has to go! Yesterday! >:(
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I'm supprised Rummy hasn't resigned just to save face in history. He'll go down as one of the biggest blunders a Sec of State ever pulled. With allot of the top dogs resigning, esp Bush's chief of staff, now would be the time for him to save what little face he has left.
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In some respects, it’s too late to fire him (and I don’t just mean the 2300 dead soldiers).
If you fire him now, you will basically be admitting that he has done a poor job over the last year, or two years, or three years, and the question then becomes, why didn’t you fire him sooner? In other words, your failure to fire him sooner shows that you (the president) don’t know what you’re doing either. And that gets people questioning a) your competance, b) what are we doing in Iraq anyway, and c) why haven’t you caught Osama Bin Laden?
If you fire him now, you will clearly be doing so because the people you are supposed to be leading (the generals) have basically risen up against you and Rummy and exposed you as idiots. Not a good position for a leader to be in. :-\
If you fire him now, you will be admiting that you have been way behind the curve or out of touch because critics have called for his removal for at least a couple years now. Why didn’t our “leader” notice the problems years ago?
Like that Carole King song says, “It’s too late, baby, now it’s too late...”
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Make that seven generals. Yesterday, Wes Clark added his voice calling for Rumsfeld to fired. >:(
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It's after the fact.... but what's a little shadenfreuda among friends. :D
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Sometimes you fire people and they just won't go away. >:(
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What's wrong with Joe?
Good for him for running as an independent. The two party system has to go! >:(
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An axis of idiots!
Doom disapproves.
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Speak of the devil...
Spokesman: Rice didn't 'brush off' terror warnings
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (CNN) -- In July 2001, then-national security adviser Condoleezza Rice did have a meeting with CIA Director George Tenet about the threat posed by al Qaeda, but the information presented to her was not new, her spokesman said Monday.
A new book by Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward says Tenet and Cofer Black, then the U.S. counterterrorism chief, demanded a snap meeting with Rice to warn her of a growing al Qaeda threat to U.S. interests and possibly the U.S. homeland. The meeting took place July 10, 2001, two months before al Qaeda suicide hijackers attacked New York and Washington, killing nearly 3,000 people.
According to Woodward's book, "State of Denial," Tenet and Black left the meeting with the sense that Rice had given them "the brush-off." And the meeting was never reported to the independent commission that investigated the attacks, Woodward writes.
Rice, now secretary of state, told reporters traveling with her Sunday that she did not remember any "so-called emergency meeting" and said any meeting records had been turned over to the 9/11 commission.
"What I am quite certain of, however, is that I would remember if I was told, as this account apparently says, that there was about to be an attack in the United States," she said. "And the idea that I would somehow have ignored that I find incomprehensible, especially given that in July when we were getting a very steady stream of quite alarmist reports of potential attacks."
But State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters Monday that Rice did meet with Tenet on July 10, and the records were made available to the commission.
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How about the whole BUSH ADMINISTRATION that was easy enough...WELL THIS POST SHOULD BE OVER NOW......
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How about the whole BUSH ADMINISTRATION that was easy enough...WELL THIS POST SHOULD BE OVER NOW......
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Speaking of Porter Goss, check out this John Stewart Daily Show clip of Goss listening to a Bush speech {lol}
"Oh, Really? bin Laden? Who?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shl20UA5n3o (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shl20UA5n3o)
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Chad N.
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Six former generals have called for Rummy to be fired. How many more will it take?
It looks like the white house strategy of putting out the attack dogs on anyone who defies them (Joe Wilson, Richard Clarke, Paul O’Neil, Kerry, McCain, John Murtha, etc.) won’t work on those generals. :-\
I don't mind seeing the white house implode, I just wish 2300 troops didn't have to die for it. :'(
For the sake of our servicemen and women, Rummy has to go! Yesterday! >:(
The problem with these guys is, and the only problem i have, is that they did not do it on active duty. Stepping down as a Divsion or higher CG bcause u believe Rummy is incompetent sends strong message.
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Clinton said he left a comprehensive anti terror strategy...
George Tenant says he tried to warn her...
Cofer Black says he tried to warn her...
Richard Clarke says he tried to warn her... Remember, Clarke was picked by Reagan and he served under Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and Bush II.
Condi either denies it all or says she doesn’t remember. Now, either all those people are lying or Condi is... >:(
Will someone please fire this fool?
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All retards in the world!
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What with all these Generals opposing the Bush administration?
Lots of them were serving under Reagan and Bush Sr? ???
YIP
Zack
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Clinton said he left a comprehensive anti terror strategy...
George Tenant says he tried to warn her...
Cofer Black tried to warn her...
Richard Clarke says he tried to warn her... Remember, Clarke was picked by Reagan and he served under Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and Bush II.
Condi either denies it all or says she doesn’t remember. Now, either all those people are lying or Condi is... >:(
Will someone please fire this fool?
Here is a nice list of foreign intelligence warnings:
http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=complete_911_timeline&warning_signs:_specific_cases=foreignIntelligence
I think Condi being caught in a lie - and the fact that any Dem near a camera will slip it into their Foley argument that "Even top repubs like Condi will lie - as she had pre911 warnings), is a very good thing.
Soon as this little foley distraction goes away, perhaps we can find out why Condi ignored such warnings.
Yall do want to know if COndi and the White House let 911 happen, right?
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Here is a nice list of foreign intelligence warnings:
http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=complete_911_timeline&warning_signs:_specific_cases=foreignIntelligence
I think Condi being caught in a lie - and the fact that any Dem near a camera will slip it into their Foley argument that "Even top repubs like Condi will lie - as she had pre911 warnings), is a very good thing.
Soon as this little foley distraction goes away, perhaps we can find out why Condi ignored such warnings.
Yall do want to know if COndi and the White House let 911 happen, right?
Aren't these the people you voted for? Aren't you a member of the GOP? Why? Bah! You needn't bother to answer...
Doom disapproves.
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I did vote repub twice for Bush.
Which is why I feel that every person I can show that Bush knew about 911 and let it happen, I un-vote just a bit :)
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I did vote repub twice for Bush.
Then look in the mirror and behold your folly. You knew (as we all did) that Bush was not qualified to be President, yet you voted for him anyway. Twice.
Even after it was clear that the reasons for invading Iraq were bogus, you still voted for him; in a time of war, you had a choice between a decorated war hero and a President, VP, and Defense Secretary--none of whom ever put on a uniform and stepped onto a battlefield--and you chose the latter.
Fool! Forget criticizing the President; your time would be better spent criticizing yourself.
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Even the conservative Washington Times says he needs to go.
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Then look in the mirror and behold your folly. You knew (as we all did) that Bush was not qualified to be President, yet you voted for him anyway. Twice.
Even after it was clear that the reasons for invading Iraq were bogus, you still voted for him; in a time of war, you had a choice between a decorated war hero and a President, VP, and Defense Secretary--none of whom ever put on a uniform and stepped onto a battlefield--and you chose the latter.
Fool! Forget criticizing the President; your time would be better spent criticizing yourself.
{OUCH} :o :'(
The sheer brutality of that pwning lies in it's simple common sense approach to the truth.
Gee Whiz, ...talk about a swift kick to the gonads... that even had me clutching my testicles in pain. :'(
Victor VonDoom, ...could you have been any more cruel?
On the positive side, ...at least he's awoken from his slumber in time for the mid-terms. :D
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Then look in the mirror and behold your folly. You knew (as we all did) that Bush was not qualified to be President, yet you voted for him anyway. Twice.
Even after it was clear that the reasons for invading Iraq were bogus, you still voted for him; in a time of war, you had a choice between a decorated war hero and a President, VP, and Defense Secretary--none of whom ever put on a uniform and stepped onto a battlefield--and you chose the latter.
Fool! Forget criticizing the President; your time would be better spent criticizing yourself.
240, me, and 62 million other Americans in 2004. ::)
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Then look in the mirror and behold your folly...
Ouch! There's a word you don't hear every day.
Folly:
1. A lack of good sense, understanding, or foresight.
2.a. An act or instance of foolishness. b. A costly undertaking having an absurd or ruinous outcome.
. . . and now North Korea is testing nukes on Bush's watch. Folly. Yeah . . . that pretty much sums it up. :'(
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240, me, and 62 million other Americans in 2004. ::)
{pssst} ...you're forgetting the able assistance provided by fake tapes and rigged voting machines. ::)
Let us not forget to give proper credit where it is due. :)
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{pssst} ...you're forgetting the able assistance provided by fake tapes and rigged voting machines. ::)
Let us not forget to give proper credit where it is due. :)
Oh. I forgot. ::)
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Oh. I forgot. ::)
That's OK, ...just don't let it happen again. carry on. :)
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{OUCH} :o :'(
The sheer brutality of that pwning lies in it's simple common sense approach to the truth.
Gee Whiz, ...talk about a swift kick to the gonads... that even had me clutching my testicles in pain. :'(
Victor VonDoom, ...could you have been any more cruel?
Nay! Many demons rule Doom but sadism and cruelty are not among them. Doom simply speaks truth. If lesser men cannot bear it... bah! So be it.
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“You go to war with the army you have, not with the army you might want or wish to have.”
Doom has spoken!
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It's time to go.
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That picture make me want to Puke! :-X
Get rid of them both before they do any more damage.
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Bah ha ha ha ha ha!
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UC Berkeley finally fired Claude Steele. He says he is leaving to "spend more time with his family." We all know what that means. ::)
Provost Resigns Amid Sexual Harassment Case at Berkeley
By THOMAS FULLER
SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California, Berkeley, announced Friday that Claude Steele, the university’s executive vice chancellor and provost for the past two years, resigned his administrative positions for personal reasons.
Mr. Steele’s abrupt departure comes at a time of turmoil for the university, as he and other top administrators have been criticized for their handling of a widening sexual harassment scandal.
Dan Mogulof, a spokesman for the university, said an interim successor for Mr. Steele would be named in the coming days.
In a statement released by the university, Mr. Steele said his wife faced “quite significant” health problems and that he needed to spend more time with her.
The university’s chancellor, Nicholas B. Dirks, praised Mr. Steele for his “lasting impact” on the university, citing his work in dealing with the university’s finances and fund-raising and “improving the campus climate” with regard to racial diversity.
Mr. Steele will remain at Berkeley in a faculty position, joining the psychology department next year, according to the announcement.
The statement did not mention the sexual harassment scandal, which has grown in magnitude in recent weeks.
Mr. Steele has been criticized for his handling of claims of sexual harassment made against the dean of the law school, Sujit Choudhry.
A report by the university found that Mr. Choudhry had repeatedly hugged and kissed his executive assistant, behavior that an investigator concluded was “unwelcome and objectively sexual in nature.”
Mr. Steele allowed Mr. Choudhry to stay on as the dean, but ordered a one-year cut in his salary and required that he undergo counseling and write a letter of apology to his assistant, who was told to look for work elsewhere at the university.
Alumni and students expressed outrage at the terms of the punishment, which became public in March when Mr. Choudhry’s assistant, Tyann Sorrell, filed a civil suit. Prominent alumni of the law school called the punishment “feeble.”
Court papers filed with the lawsuit say that when Ms. Sorrell questioned why university officials had not taken stronger action against Mr. Choudhry, Mr. Steele told her that he had decided against termination because it “would ruin the dean’s career, that is, destroy his future chances for higher appointment.”
Mr. Choudhry has since resigned.
The university this month released hundreds of pages of investigative reports showing violations of the university’s sexual harassment policies by 19 university employees. Most of the cases had not previously been made public. In addition to these cases, the university is investigating 16 cases involving sexual harassment and nine involving sexual violence.
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Kevin McCarthy and Trey Gowdy.
Even if you are a loyal GOP member you have to admit these guys were idiots. The party effectively did that when they squashed Kevin's bid to become speaker. Gowdy similarly made a fool of himself with an investigation that lasted two years (longer than Congressional investigations into Pearl Harbor or 9/11). And remember, there were seven previous investigations led mostly by Republicans in the Congress and they all came up with nothing noteworthy ::)
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This bitch for gross mismanagement:
(http://api.ning.com/files/nuLSrdvpao4nuEoaLGg-b9auotnDrKiQqvA*rG4o*JwQ5E81sRaqFfQoaPpCnlK2-TKHX4a9LxdrQ*6gwfREASGKUF1gD6dI/marrisamayerYahooCEOiamsodigital.jpg)
Would still hit, though.
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This bitch for gross mismanagement:
Really? Yahoo has been circling a drain for years. Not sure you can lay the blame on their demise on Marrissa Mayer.
What about Scott Thompson, Carol Bartz, Jerry Yang, or Tery Semel? Or the Board for that matter?
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Really? Yahoo has been circling a drain for years. Not sure you can lay the blame on their demise on Marrissa Mayer.
What about Scott Thompson, Carol Bartz, Jerry Yang, or Tery Semel? Or the Board for that matter?
Point taken regarding its decline, however, in reply:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/06/heres-what-happened-to-all-of-marissa-mayers-yahoo-acquisitions/ (http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/06/heres-what-happened-to-all-of-marissa-mayers-yahoo-acquisitions/)