It seems that low poll numbers may have the White House grasping at straws — or maybe it’s straw. President Bush is now enlisting the help of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in selling the war in Iraq. A Washington Post column said that an e-mail went out to USDA appointees, asking that they incorporate White House talking points on Iraq into every speech they give. And just in case anyone at the USDA was wondering how to seamlessly transition from Iraq to, say, tomatoes, the White House provided this ready-made segue: “The Iraqis have also discussed specific products, like tomatoes, which they are anxious to export into the world community.”
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Rearranging deck chairs on the Hindenburg. Or something to that effect.
More like dribbling a basketball thru a mine field.
The face of desperation is never pretty. And it’s becoming uglier by the minute.
And far more expensive.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! Brought to you by the USGA and all the happy Iraquis still alive.
We can grow our own tomatoes.What we need are oil exports.
TRACY! You’re back! How’s it going?
You been following the stuff about the meetup on the Open Threads? At Watson Park on May 13th, 3:30 p.m. Assuming that most of the characters here aren’t 1 person with 16 personalities, it looks like there might be quite a large group in attendance.
Great- Mr. Potato-Head is using a tomato as a Front Man. A few more Fruit-loops, and we might be onto something.
Howdy Rage (and all you other chronics, er…I mean regulars)
Well, I’m not so sure I can make it, as it’s about a three hour drive. That’s about half a week’s pay now.
Am I to understand this is some sort of half ass justification for the war? The possible export of Iraqui tomatoes?
Boy they better be the REAL woody “good for shipping” kindof tomatoes if we are gonna bring them half way around the planet!
What a streeeetch!
Now, TRACY, you know blogging is GOOOD! REALLLL GOOOOD! Better than heroin, man!
This is the primo stuff! I know you CAN’T turn it down! You’ll be back. . .
P.S. Sorry you can’t make it. Anyone who can quote Zappa is someone I’d like to meet!
Rock journalism is people who can’t write interviewing people who can’t talk for people who can’t read…..Frank Zappa
Yeah, I’ll be back to comment, I just can’t make it to Watson Park anytime soon. I think I’ve commented on pretty much every Kansas blog I could find. Not that anyone cares, it’s just another bad habit.
Good things are happening in Iraq. The rebuilding process is pretty amazing. They are much better off now than before with Saddam.
Joe – an awful lot of Iraqis disagree with you. And they are fighting for their beliefs.
Sometimes I think that the Republicans read Orwell’s 1984 and thought it was a how-to guide.
Eternal War – CheckNewspeak – CheckMinistry of Truth – Fox NewsMinistry of Love – Kline is working on it as we speak
Remember:
WAR IS PEACEFREEDOM IS SLAVERYIGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
You missed:
Ministry of Peace – Rumsfield’s ‘Defense’ department
http://www.rebuilding-iraq.net/portal/page?_pageid=95,1&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
Joe? Did you actually READ any of the contract information? Such as, say, Communications?
Check out “Projects and Proposals”The Communications Project Summary is dated Nov. 2003. All of the following are N/A:Opening and Closing Date Response DateContract Award and Solicitiation NumberContract Award Dollar AmountContract Line Item NumberContract Award DateContractor
It appears that the proposal has been made, but that’s about it. Which leads me to believe we PLAN to get the work done, but nothing IS being done…after 2 1/2 years.
Where does it list what HAS been done? We’re too busy building those 14 or 15 permanent bases (on top of Babylon, natch) and that record-sized U.S. Embassy.
Yeah, we’re really “rebuilding Iraq.”
Joe – thanks for the link from the Ministry of Peace.
RD Look at the site.
“The U.S. government is building and restoring key pieces of Iraq’s infrastructure” There is a link and a PDF file.
There are other sites that list great accomplishment also. Iraq infrustructure and health facilities are my better shape and equip than before Saddam. Including masses of individuals vaccinated that have never been before.
Good things are happening there. Go USA! Iraq is going to be a good country and ally of ours forever.
:)
I cant wait until we nuke iran into being our long time good friend and ally too. I bet it will work just as well as it did in iraq. Maybe better since it will involve the shock and awe of at least one, maybe more, mushroom clouds over the middle east.
Too bad the shock and awe of democracy werent as attractive. Maybe if democracy caused people to glow in the dark? Naaaaaaw….
“Good things are happening in Iraq. The rebuilding process is pretty amazing. They are much better off now than before with Saddam.”
How about the dead ones?
TrueBlue, the dead ones don’t vote (or make campaign contributions).
XXX
“TrueBlue, the dead ones don’t vote (or make campaign contributions).”
They do in Florida.
And in Ohio….