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Old 04-29-2003, 09:02 AM   #9
Azred
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Join Date: March 13, 2001
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I think he meant a "good start" on the updated version of The Domino Theory. Instead of us trying to prevent Communists from toppling one nation after another we are going to be doing the toppling ourselves. [img]graemlins/firedevil.gif[/img]

But not really. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

You could never pay me enough to have Rumsfeld's job (or maybe you could [img]graemlins/petard.gif[/img] ). No matter what you answer to any question, including ones as trivial as "How was your breakfast this morning?", your words will be skewed and/or misinterpreted as people ignore what you are saying and try to divine what you are really saying.
I would probably have too much fun with that job, though, because I would sit down and phrase answers to questions before an interview or press conference that are either vague and open to interpretation or designed to make everyone jump to the conclusion I want them to have. [img]graemlins/petard.gif[/img] Sometimes, it is almost like journalists want to be led...or misled.
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