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This is a link post Best of the Bushisms

(I helped save b3ta! --- ---, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 14:42, Reply)
This is a normal post That first one is a bit lame.
The government of any country which doesn't employ defensive strategists to think about new ways in which their country might be harmed is not doing it's job properly.
 (eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 14:50, Reply)
This is a normal post I sort of agree.
The one that puzzled me was all the piss taking Rumsfeld got for his "know unknowns" speech. I thought it was an excellent way to explain the basics of intelligence gathering to a room full of idiots who were bleating "how could you let this happen? Why didn't you know?" He did actually miss one out though, "unknown knowns", where you have information but fail to realise its relevance or pertinence.
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 15:28, Reply)
This is a normal post Probably his 'merkin accent, innit

(I helped save b3ta! DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 15:51, Reply)
This is a normal post They might have been bleating 'how could you let this happen'
on the back of a military that 'defends' it's country with a military budget which is more than virtually everyone else on the planets combined

and yet failed to detect the rise of a bunch of psychotic Wahhabi hard-right fascists on it's radar, born in a country which was supposedly one of it's allies

or something
 (I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 15:52, Reply)
This is a normal post The reason he didn't talk about "unknown knowns" is that it would have been an admission of fault.
Two of the 911 hijackers were well know to be senior Al Qaeda operatives by the CIA, but inexplicably they were allowed to enter the states, and the FBI was not alerted to their presence. Although they were 'known', what they were up to wasn't, and they weren't being watched. Unknown knowns.
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 16:05, Reply)
This is a normal post Yes... the unknown unknowns was actually excellent.
It might sound a bit clumsy at first, but it really is the simplest way of explaining the concept of information which you do and don't have. It's a shame that Rumsfeld got mocked as though he was the stupid one, when he was attempting to dumb it down for those very people who mocked him.
 (eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 16:11, Reply)
This is a normal post Stupid people think tautology is stupid,
But it ain't necessarily so. But this is a bit stupid, but it doesn't make it wrong: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_while_John_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_a_better_effect_on_the_teacher
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 16:16, Reply)
This is a normal post Not qute the same but
Buffalo buffalo buffalo ... etc.

(I'm not typing it all out on my phone).
 (I helped save b3ta! Ghoti Fingers, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 16:35, Reply)
This is a normal post "An uneaten stone lion."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Stone_Den
 (I helped save b3ta! omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 16:47, Reply)
This is a normal post That's beautiful

(I helped save b3ta! Ghoti Fingers, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 23:13, Reply)
This is a normal post what he said was well formed and interpretable
It's just a terrible, inadequate, slimy answer to the question he was given.

Rumsfeld had just said that intelligence showed that Iraq had actively worked on getting chemical weapons out to terrorists. That was support for why the US was actively planning to get involved in Iraq.

If someone then says "Does that evidence actually exist? What is it?"

It is not a good answer to say "There may be evidence out there that we don't know exists yet," when you're getting ready to invade a country.
 (I helped save b3ta! the prick of misery pierced my foot on a spiiiike on, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 17:35, Reply)
This is a normal post
but he says "our enemies dont stop thinking about new ways to harm our country or people...and neither do we" inferring the USA government is also trying to harm the USA and its citizens.
 (Smellyape liking http://www.b3ta.com/bpma/, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 15:51, Reply)
This is a normal post You misunderstand.
If you're going to defend yourself from a threat, you first have to think about that threat. So if you're enemies are thinking of ways to harm you, you should attempt to think of all those exact same ways to harm yourself so that you might be better able to defend yourself when it happens.

Certainly Bush said some daft things, and the way he said this was clumsy and open to ambiguous interpretation, but this isn't nearly as stupid as some people want to make out.

(And you mean "imply" not "infer".)
 (eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 16:08, Reply)
This is a normal post You are gunmetal AICMFP

(pissflaps. FSPW, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 16:34, Reply)
This is a normal post Lol.
Don't get me wrong, I think Bush was a bit of a buffoon, but that there were plenty of other better things to mock him for than one which requires willful misunderstanding on the part of the mocker.
 (eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 16:57, Reply)
This is a normal post I think it requires being quite lenient to interpret it your way.
While technically you are correct, given the context...
 (I helped save b3ta! omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 17:07, Reply)
This is a normal post God I miss him

(I helped save b3ta! Mr Mann I love pigs, best of all the animals, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 14:54, Reply)
This is a normal post Funniest thing ever. I hope he is not ill or something though.

(I helped save b3ta! omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 14:55, Reply)
This is a normal post that one has good bits too
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cay8GC9N8ak
 (I helped save b3ta! omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 15:10, Reply)
This is a normal post Hahaha
Did he really say, "Thank you your holiness, awesome speech"

Class
 (I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 15:01, Reply)
This is a normal post He's probably a really funny bloke if you chat to him normally
Terrible President though...such a puppet. Almost feel sorry for him.
 (I helped save b3ta! Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Wed 10 Dec 2014, 15:04, Reply)
This is a normal post Bet he's not.
Always struck me as a nasty, over-privileged spoilt brat who had everything handed to him on a plate & never required to actually engage his brain.
 (I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 15:11, Reply)
This is a normal post ^
that is how i've always viewed the guy, which I always found to be acutely terrifying
 (I helped save b3ta! Harpago ¯\(°_o)/¯, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 15:14, Reply)
This is a normal post Don't forget the Daddy issues.

(I helped save b3ta! BaronMunchausen Interdimensional Demon Day Laborer, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 15:23, Reply)
This is a normal post he had his fair share of struggle with pretzels though

(I helped save b3ta! Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 15:28, Reply)
This is a normal post what's remarkable is
through all that he still believes that humans and pretzels can coexist peacefully.
 (I helped save b3ta! the prick of misery pierced my foot on a spiiiike on, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 17:47, Reply)
This is a normal post I remember seeing a documentary
which followed him whilst campaigning to be president for his first term. He came over as very charismatic and charming. Seriously!
 (I helped save b3ta! herd of chickens First part only £1.99 and comes with a free, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 15:15, Reply)
This is a normal post I seem to remember the Dalai bleeding Lama saying that Bush would be one of his 'ideal dinner party guests'
because he was a warm, charming, funny man who cared about the world (I'm paraphrasing here)
 (FartThroughAWalkieTalkie wished you were dead in ditch on, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 15:42, Reply)
This is a normal post Prolly high on massive drugz
The sandal-wearing, vegetable-rights-and-peace, tofu-bothering BASTARD.
 (I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 15:56, Reply)
This is a normal post I miss Bush, was nice being able to criticise the president without lefties jumping on you.

(I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 15:17, Reply)
This is a normal post
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 (BombayMick Dogs are better than cats, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 15:53, Reply)
This is a normal post women have had sex with that^^^^
Jesus women, have a word with yourselves.
 (I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Wed 10 Dec 2014, 16:20, Reply)
This is a normal post ^Wanted Prescot all for himself.

(I helped save b3ta! stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Wed 10 Dec 2014, 16:46, Reply)