James Lileks' Bleat is priceless today. It has its serious moments, but my favorite passage isn't one of them.....
Today at the Pentagon press briefing, a reporter asked about Humanitarian Crisis, and Rumsfeld described at great length the humanitarian crisis that existed before the Allies got there, and how things were actually improving. It was classic Rummy; he not only refused to accept the premise of the question, he refuted it like a blacksmith working out marital frustrations on a red-hot horseshoe. You can just imagine what some of the reporters say to one another as they leave the briefing:I say, what’s that in your hands, there? That pink thing?
Oh, this? It’s my ass. Rumsfeld handed it to me. And I see you have a nice clock there - brand new?
No, it’s quite old, but Rumsfeld cleaned it. Free of charge.
Read it all. This guy can write.