Comments on: Not Qualified to Manage a McDonalds

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:29:23 +0000

The Albanians? The first thought in my head is the infamous Waffen SS 20th Mountain Division, one of the end of the war “paper divisions” that were whipped up by the SS to please Der Furher. It was essentially the Albanian prison system’s class of 1944 under German officers and NCOs. It evaporated in 6 months, and the inmates took their weapons when they left.

Is Rummy going for his own version?

Maru posted a piece on Rummy in Montenegro. The guy is really reaching. These people might help him out, but he is going to have to come up with some serious cash.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 03:23:24 +0000

Of course the Shrubbery doesn’t care. Their only agenda is getting themselves in power, keeping themselves there as long as possible, and giving themselves as big a golden parachute as possible on the way out. Anything that contributes to the likelihood of succeeding in that agenda is praiseworthy and noble. Anything that would tend to make it impossible of fulfillment, on the other hand, is base and traitorous. And that includes making sure that military families don’t have to go on welfare or get food stamps to make ends meet every month when the main breadwinner is away getting his/her arse shot off for the glory of the preznit.

I had to laugh when I heard Rummy on NPR this afternoon, speaking in Tirana and telling the Albanians that in 20 years they’ll be looking back on this decision. Rummy said they’d be thinking of all they contributed to bringing about peace in our time, yada, yada, yada. I was yelling back at the radio “They’re more likely to be thinking, ‘What the fuck were we thinking?!’ you asswad!”

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:42:58 +0000

They keep “stealing” money from the Pentagon to fund other projects, like border security, and, not that Congress cares, is illegal. They move money around and military bases don’t have enough to pay their light bills, but the Shrubbery just doesn’t care.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:26:10 +0000

Ignorance, like shit, runs downhill. With Clueless McFartsalot in the White House, no one should expect competence in the Pentagon. Unfortunately for all those brave enough (or lacking any other reasonable option but) to wear the uniform of our country.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 04:11:01 +0000

Effective staffing and inventory control are the basic requirements for any business from a lemonade stand to General Electric. If you can’t manage those two elements you are not qualified to be a supervisor much less a Secretary of Defense.

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 03:35:58 +0000

There are no unknowns, …

There are no unknowns, and un-no unknowns, and… oh, wait; Rummy’s already been that route before. What an arrogant, ignorant man, in a position in which arrogance alone or ignorance alone can be dangerous.