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"Bush" did what?.....
Do you mean "President" Bush, Mr. Beckerman?......
Mr Beckerman, a self-proclaimed moonbat "watchdog" of "professional journalism" is nothing but an immature liberal hack... A boor.. A lowly wannabe who denigrates his stated profession to score political points for his Cause...
Why CJR tolerates Mr. Beckerman's whining is a question that deserves an answer...
How about it?....
Posted by padikiller
on Mon 9 Jul 2007 at 11:05 PM
Let's all just marvel for a moment at that wonderful phrase. Post-surge redeployment. I wonder how many committees at the White House and the Pentagon were needed to get that approved? But never underestimate the US military's ability to come up with bizarre definitions. My personal favourite is a parachute drop being described as a pre-dawn vertical insertion. The mind boggles....
Posted by grantksmith
on Tue 10 Jul 2007 at 05:29 AM