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# this is probably a glass box by now but...
The Unknown

As we know,
There are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.
We also know
There are known unknowns.
That is to say
We know there are some things
We do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns,
The ones we don't know
We don't know.

—Feb. 12, 2002, Department of Defense news briefing

More Rumsfeld Poetry:
slate.msn.com/id/2081042
(I helped save b3ta! zog why change it now?, Tue 8 Apr 2003, 3:43, archived)
# Blimey
The guy's a literary genius!

The Situation
Things will not be necessarily continuous.
The fact that they are something other than perfectly continuous
Ought not to be characterized as a pause.
There will be some things that people will see.
There will be some things that people won't see.
And life goes on.

—Oct. 12, 2001, Department of Defense news briefing

(Indole Ring, Tue 8 Apr 2003, 3:49, archived)
# Those
are fabulous.
(I helped save b3ta! Artamnesia, Tue 8 Apr 2003, 4:26, archived)
# that is actually quite beautiful
and a nice relief after spazzing through pages of mutilated mirrored pictures. i'm glad i missed that bandwagon
(I helped save b3ta! Or is it?, Tue 8 Apr 2003, 3:50, archived)
# my new motto this week is "if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all"
otherwise I'd agree with you completely.
(I helped save b3ta! zog why change it now?, Tue 8 Apr 2003, 3:52, archived)
# i'm not saying it was bad,
just that every other picture freaked me out like the exorcist crushed into a 5 second burst. they are really nice, but i won't be able to sleep for at least 57 hours from now
(I helped save b3ta! Or is it?, Tue 8 Apr 2003, 3:58, archived)
# oh.
guess I'm just a bitter old hole then.
that's why I need to adhere to my new rule.
(I helped save b3ta! zog why change it now?, Tue 8 Apr 2003, 4:00, archived)
# The poetry of Donald Rumsfeld,
the comedic genius of Saeed al-Sahaf,
are unexpected cultural benefits of this conflict.
(Indole Ring, Tue 8 Apr 2003, 3:53, archived)
# ooh!
is there a comedic saeed al-sahaf link?
(I helped save b3ta! zog why change it now?, Tue 8 Apr 2003, 3:57, archived)
# Not that I know of
but his media pronouncements that no American soldier was alive in Baghdad, at the same time we were seeing live video of the Yanks taking Saddam's palaces, was a priceless moment on TV.
(Indole Ring, Tue 8 Apr 2003, 4:00, archived)
# hey,
we have no idea when that footage was recorded. ;)
(I helped save b3ta! zog why change it now?, Tue 8 Apr 2003, 4:01, archived)
# It was a live broadcast and you could hear artillery in the background.
It was very "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain"" esque.
(I helped save b3ta! Artamnesia, Tue 8 Apr 2003, 4:48, archived)
# No but you should have seen the fighting stance of

Chemical Ali!
(I helped save b3ta! Artamnesia, Tue 8 Apr 2003, 4:46, archived)
# Stings like a butterfly...
Flies like a brick...

/edit - flies actually have no passion for bricks.
(I helped save b3ta! Syncubus Yarr! Ye'll be walking Planck's Constant! [GMT-5], Tue 8 Apr 2003, 6:11, archived)
# & here's
a refreshingly different glass cock
(tasty, Tue 8 Apr 2003, 3:54, archived)
# yeah, i agree

besides, i never could get the hang of mirroring things
(TheTruffleShuffle, Tue 8 Apr 2003, 3:57, archived)
# Very nice
If I'd been you, I would have posted 'Glass Box' to go with your 'glass cock' comment.

But that's just me...

I've really got to go and study now! No more F5

*chops off fing
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Tue 8 Apr 2003, 3:57, archived)
# what an
excellent idea!
(I helped save b3ta! zog why change it now?, Tue 8 Apr 2003, 4:02, archived)