How did America's educational system fail all those Bushbots so badly?
2007-09-01 11:56:00 · 15 answers · asked by obl_alive_and_well 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Golden: The Rand Corporation often creates ad slogans like "benchmark". Bush and PNAC have also been known to use the advertising skills of Hill and Knowlton, Ogilvy and Mathers, Charlotte Beers, and Weber Shandwick Worldwide to handle their ad campaign for the invasion of Iraq. War is Sell!
Source: Weapons of Mass Deception, by S. Rampton and J. Stauber
2007-09-01 12:12:31 · update #1
Bush will claim that there are many good reasons for the discrepancy. From his past statements:
They made the pie too high.
It's much too hard for the Iraqis to put food on their family.
It's been too dangerous to really get out there and catapult the propaganda.
Our best intelligence misunderstimated the enemy's misunderestimation of our abilities and resolve.
Security is the essential roadblock to achieving the road map to peace
Oftentimes, we live in a processed world — you know, people focus on the process and not results.
We've got hundreds of sites to exploit, looking for the chemical and biological weapons that we know Saddam Hussein had prior to our entrance into Iraq
And, of course, because There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again
2007-09-01 12:30:57 · answer #1 · answered by oimwoomwio 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, and I am pissed that the Democrats backed down on their requirement that meeting benchmarks would be required to continue the funding for this war. Just because our commander and chief threatened to veto it. I am not thinking that Democrats are the lessor of two evils now. The parties-both of them-have sold us out. I am considering a 3rd party to support after having been a life long Democrat.
2007-09-01 19:09:12 · answer #2 · answered by PrivacyNowPlease! 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Tell me what the Benchmarks are.
Additional: I'm just asking. If you know so much about the 18 Benchmarks, tell me what they are.
Additional. Here, you can read them for yourself. Remember this is a new government and they are having difficulty meeting the deadlines set by the U.S.A.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070712.html
2007-09-01 19:02:15 · answer #3 · answered by ohbrother 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Hey, it's a better success rate then Arbusto Oil or Harken Energy had. What a sorry state of affairs when failure equals success. It's no wonder CEO's make millions for their failures.
2007-09-01 19:02:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
According to Bush, who wants the pentagon to be able to re-write the GOA report (auditing themselves, in other words), partial results should count as accomplishments.
Expect to see some crowing when the final report (after changes) comes out. And recognize it for the hack job it will be.
2007-09-01 19:02:56 · answer #5 · answered by oohhbother 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
That is the best our President Bush has done so far! Success by our Bush standards.
2007-09-01 19:00:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
And you all just jump for glee that you feel Bush has screwed up again not giving it any thought that if had actually screwed up where that would leave you! And how do you explain your democratic icon Hillary saying it's all going so well?! So will she swing back the other way if it doesn't?
2007-09-01 19:06:14 · answer #7 · answered by Brianne 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
"Working" appears to have been redefined to mean "isn't making things much worse than they already were".
When the goals and the milestones and the metrics for success keep getting redefined retroactively, of course anything can be said to be working.
2007-09-01 19:03:01 · answer #8 · answered by coragryph 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
"Benchmark." what Madison Ave. company cane up with that phrase? all BS.
Massive airlift. Bring them home!
2007-09-01 19:05:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Typical left wing drivel. Pssh.
2007-09-01 19:07:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋