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The Guild 10-14-2003 Donald Rumsfeld Appreciation Day
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Posted on 10/14/2003 6:08:44 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty

It must be Donald Rumsfeld's turn to be whipping boy this month with talk of his rollercoaster ride taking a downward turn and in-fighting is losing Iraq and could cost Rumsfeld his job. Bullbleep I say!

I for one think America should be eternally grateful that Donald Rumsfeld is our Secretary of Defense. He works incredibly hard for us at a time when most Americans his age are enjoying retirement.

BIOGRAPHY

THE HONORABLE DONALD RUMSFELD

Secretary of Defense

Donald H. Rumsfeld was sworn in as the 21st Secretary of Defense on January 20, 2001. Before assuming his present post, the former Navy pilot had also served as the 13th Secretary of Defense, White House Chief of Staff, U.S. Ambassador to NATO, U.S. Congressman and chief executive officer of two Fortune 500 companies.

Secretary Rumsfeld is responsible for directing the actions of the Defense Department in response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The war is being waged against a backdrop of major change within the Department of Defense. The department has developed a new defense strategy and replaced the old model for sizing forces with a newer approach more relevant to the 21st century. Secretary Rumsfeld proposed and the President approved a significant reorganization of the worldwide command structure, known as the Unified Command Plan, that resulted in the establishment of the U.S. Northern Command and the U.S. Strategic Command, the latter charged with the responsibilities formerly held by the Strategic and Space Commands which were disestablished.

The Department also has refocused its space capabilities and fashioned a new concept of strategic deterrence that increases security while reducing strategic nuclear weapons. To help strengthen the deterrent, the missile defense research and testing program has been reorganized and revitalized, free of the restraints of the ABM treaty.

Mr. Rumsfeld attended Princeton University on academic and NROTC scholarships (A.B., 1954) and served in the U.S. Navy (1954-57) as an aviator and flight instructor. In 1957, he transferred to the Ready Reserve and continued his Naval service in flying and administrative assignments as a drilling reservist until 1975. He transferred to the Standby Reserve when he became Secretary of Defense in 1975 and to the Retired Reserve with the rank of Captain in 1989.

In 1957, he came to Washington, DC to serve as Administrative Assistant to a Congressman. After a stint with an investment banking firm, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois in 1962, at the age of 30, and was re-elected in 1964, 1966, and 1968.

Mr. Rumsfeld resigned from Congress in 1969 during his fourth term to join the President's Cabinet. From 1969 to 1970, he served as Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity and Assistant to the President. From 1971 to 1972, he was Counsellor to the President and Director of the Economic Stabilization Program. In 1973, he left Washington, DC, to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Brussels, Belgium (1973-1974).

In August 1974, he was called back to Washington, DC, to serve as Chairman of the transition to the Presidency of Gerald R. Ford. He then became Chief of Staff of the White House and a member of the President's Cabinet (1974-1975). He served as the 13th U.S. Secretary of Defense, the youngest in the country's history (1975-1977).

From 1977 to 1985 he served as Chief Executive Officer, President, and then Chairman of G.D. Searle & Co., a worldwide pharmaceutical company. The successful turnaround there earned him awards as the Outstanding Chief Executive Officer in the Pharmaceutical Industry from the Wall Street Transcript (1980) and Financial World (1981). From 1985 to 1990 he was in private business.

Mr. Rumsfeld served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of General Instrument Corporation from 1990 to 1993. General Instrument Corporation was a leader in broadband transmission, distribution, and access control technologies. Until being sworn in as the 21st Secretary of Defense, Mr. Rumsfeld served as Chairman of the Board of Gilead Sciences, Inc., a pharmaceutical company.

Before returning for his second tour as Secretary of Defense, Mr. Rumsfeld chaired the bipartisan U.S. Ballistic Missile Threat Commission, in 1998, and the U.S. Commission to Assess National Security Space Management and Organization, in 2000.

During his business career, Mr. Rumsfeld continued his public service in a variety of Federal posts, including:

Member of the President's General Advisory Committee on Arms Control (1982 - 1986);
Special Presidential Envoy on the Law of the Sea Treaty (1982 - 1983);
Senior Advisor to the President's Panel on Strategic Systems (1983 - 1984);
Member of the U.S. Joint Advisory Commission on U.S./Japan Relations (1983 - 1984);
Special Presidential Envoy to the Middle East (1983 - 1984);
Member of the National Commission on Public Service (1987 - 1990);
Member of the National Economic Commission (1988 - 1989);
Member of the Board of Visitors of the National Defense University (1988 - 1992);
Member of the Commission on U.S./Japan Relations (1989 - 1991); and
Member of the U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission (1999 - 2000).

While in the private sector, Mr. Rumsfeld's civic activities included service as a member of the National Academy of Public Administration and a member of the boards of trustees of the Gerald R. Ford Foundation, the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and the National Park Foundation, and as Chairman of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, Inc.

In 1977, Mr. Rumsfeld was awarded the nation's highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.



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To: mountaineer
BARF ALERT, as x42 once again attempts to interfere in foreign relations

Former United States President Bill Clinton will visit South Korea from Nov. 13-15 at the invitation of SBS, a spokesman for the broadcasting service said yesterday. Clinton, who last visited here in 1998, is scheduled to give a televised speech on Nov. 14, timed to coincide with the station's 13th anniversary, he added.

``His speech is likely to evolve around the current North Korean crisis. I think he will stress the importance of a dialogue-based North Korea policy he pursued while in office," the spokesman also said.

A courtesy call to President Roh Moo-hyun could take place on Nov. 14, and a separate meeting with South Korean children is scheduled during his stay here.

SBS has also invited U.S. Democratic Party Chairman Terry McAuliffe, who will arrive here on Nov. 15 to give a televised speech on his personal and his party's views on the current North Korean nuclear crisis. source

Asia Times points out that Clinton's so-called dialogue-based policy was worthless, considering L'il Kim violated every agreement entered into with the Clintoon administration:

In a fit of fury Kim let it be known that he had not only had secretly continued with the weapons program after 1994 but had embarked on a second, hitherto secret program to obtain fissile material by the process of highly enriching uranium. By doing so, Kim showed that the Bush administration was justified in dumping the Clinton engagement policy because North Korea was now in breach of a whole series of commitments. Chief among these was a landmark pact negotiated with South Korea in 1992 under which both sides forswore nuclear weapons on the peninsula. full story

41 posted on 10/14/2003 6:51:31 PM PDT by mountaineer
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To: Iowa Granny
Sir, are you implying it takes a lot of money to cover my flaws?


Nope. Not at all. NO FLAWS noticed at all.

Just enough gold and diamonds to feed a few countries, here and there.

Let's do it again in the spring, when we've more time.

Warm thoughts your way.
42 posted on 10/14/2003 6:52:20 PM PDT by lodwick
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To: lodwick
Let's do it again in the spring, when we've more time.

Okay. I will wear my 5 buckle overshoes and overalls. Gotta keep you guessing.

43 posted on 10/14/2003 7:17:28 PM PDT by Iowa Granny (Only 97 Days until the Iowa Caucuses,,,,, then Iowans will be rid of these DigBats!)
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To: All
I would like to end the Rummy Appreciation Day by adding my appreciation for a great Patriot, and lover of all things American.

How blessed we are that Rumsfeld and all of Bush's administration are serving during this time in history. We truly need their expertise and their guidance!

Thank you Donald Rumsfeld for all that you do for the best Country in the world!

P.S. Did you ever watch that tape I sent you of the U.S.S. Constellation? I was the one who sent it to you. I know you don't enjoy movies...but I thought you'd get a kick out of this one!

We love you Rummy!.....oh yes....received your book as a special gift from a valued friend in the Defense Dept. That same friend, got me an autographed pic of Newt! A treasure!

--Love you guys -- Thank you SO much for your great service to this Country!!!

NordP

44 posted on 10/14/2003 8:02:10 PM PDT by NordP (Leif Erikson Discovered America - But Didn't Have The Press Coverage the Italian Dude Did!)
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To: BigWaveBetty
Great beginning, BigWave. Donald Rumsfeld must be doing something right because of all the weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth from the Left, and from some in the Pentagon. And the press.
45 posted on 10/14/2003 9:35:17 PM PDT by Utah Girl
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To: All
Good Morning! 36 degrees here this morning with highs predicted to be in the mid 60's. It was windy here yesterday. One of the advantages of living in the boonies, without neighbors, is you don't have to rake your leaves,,, the wind blows them away for you. That process has begun.
46 posted on 10/15/2003 5:30:56 AM PDT by Iowa Granny (Only 97 Days until the Iowa Caucuses,,,,, then Iowans will be rid of these DigBats!)
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To: Utah Girl; All
Oprah Winfrey should be grateful Hillary Clinton is in the Senate. Miramax co-chairman Harvey Weinstein recalled Monday night that, after she left the White House, he made a lucrative offer to the former First Lady to have her own talk show. Instead, she decided to run for office. source

Can you imagine how scintillating such a talk show would have been? Sixty minutes a day of Hillary saying "um, you know, um, you know," and bashing Republicans (regardless of her guest or the subject matter). On the other hand, it might have been fun to see her utterly fail.

47 posted on 10/15/2003 5:44:48 AM PDT by mountaineer
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To: Iowa Granny
I don't think I've ever been in IA when the wind was not blowing.

Last week, the farmers were kicking back and letting the sun and wind dry out their corn fields - and counting the $$$ they would save on drying costs.

Cheers up there.
48 posted on 10/15/2003 5:48:29 AM PDT by lodwick
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To: mountaineer
Too funny...shrill hosting a talk show.

Our man, Mike Evans, reports today that blubba's personal trainer and fitness helper, may have lots to do with the blonde, thirty-something, writer that is "helping" blub with his up-coming novel...
49 posted on 10/15/2003 5:56:14 AM PDT by lodwick
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To: lodwick
Northern Iowa has much more wind than Southern Iowa. That's why all the wind farms are up there.

Every bin and silo is full to the brim here. 300 A of corn still standing. Nearly 60,000 bu of corn with no place to put it. None of the elevators in the area are accepting more corn, so we have several options. Haul it directly to the Mississippi on a cash basis (give it away) or let it stand in the field until we can feed out some of the corn already in the bins. It would take a long time to lower the bin level.

Everyone here is racking their brains trying to come up with a way to resolve this problem. Corn Liquor doesn't seem to be a reasonable solution.
50 posted on 10/15/2003 6:23:07 AM PDT by Iowa Granny (Only 96 Days until the Iowa Caucuses,,,,, then Iowans will be rid of these DigBats!)
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To: Iowa Granny
I guess that's why I noticed so many new bins in our travels.

Almost none of the corn was harvested up north, so the problem will only get worse, imo.
51 posted on 10/15/2003 6:35:48 AM PDT by lodwick
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To: Iowa Granny
I have an agricultural question for you.

I have harvested all my green tomatoes because we have been having very cold nights. I can't get them to ripen, even on a windowsill. I am trying the brown paper bag trick.

Could it be that the cold zapped them forever and green is as good as it gets?
52 posted on 10/15/2003 9:21:57 AM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs (I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.)
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To: Hillary's Lovely Legs
Generally they will not ripen unless there is a blush of pink on them. You might try putting an apple in the brown bag with your tomatoes. There's something about the apple odor that sometimes makes stuff 'move forward'.

I know the Commercial Farms in the South pick the tomatoes green for shipping North to Supermarkets. They 'gas' them somehow to get them to turn. That is the limit of my knowledge.
53 posted on 10/15/2003 9:31:39 AM PDT by Iowa Granny (Only 96 Days until the Iowa Caucuses,,,,, then Iowans will be rid of these DigBats!)
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To: Iowa Granny
I need to get one of the gas trucks!!!

I am going to miss fresh tomatoes. The store ones are so tough and icky, and around here they are almost $3 a pound.
54 posted on 10/15/2003 9:45:34 AM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs (I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.)
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To: Hillary's Lovely Legs
Watch for Hydroponic Tomatoes. They're allowed to ripen naturally. Altho they don't taste like the ones grown in our Midwestern Dirt, because they are grown in water, they're better than the cardboard tasting ones they ship in from Mexico in January and February.
55 posted on 10/15/2003 9:56:28 AM PDT by Iowa Granny (Only 96 Days until the Iowa Caucuses,,,,, then Iowans will be rid of these DigBats!)
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To: daisyscarlett
As requested - Mr. M crosses the finish line in Chicago:

56 posted on 10/15/2003 10:40:45 AM PDT by mountaineer
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Darn, it showed up for a while.
57 posted on 10/15/2003 1:08:37 PM PDT by mountaineer
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To: mountaineer
Yep - Mr.M was looking fine crossing the line.

All the hosting sites seem flakey today - it's not just yours.
58 posted on 10/15/2003 2:13:29 PM PDT by lodwick
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To: mountaineer; lodwick
I don't know if ya all covered this already, but did anyone happen to catch this?

Barbra Streisand will perform the Charlie Chaplin (news) song "Smile" on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" Oct. 14 to celebrate the release of her new "The Movie Album."

She as on yesterday. Man, she's whacky. She went on about flowers and color.................HUH?????

59 posted on 10/15/2003 3:23:53 PM PDT by Teacup (Have you hugged your doggies today?)
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To: Teacup
Anyone buying shoes tonight from QVC for their breast cancer research fundraiser? I forgot to tell you guys that I did the Komen Foundation walk here in Houston Oct. 4th. I raised about $600 from friends and family. Zachary came with me and we walked together. =)
60 posted on 10/15/2003 4:44:34 PM PDT by Aggie Mama
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