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Andy Rooney Says US Military is Bloated on 60 Mins
CBS TV ^

Posted on 10/02/2005 5:01:48 PM PDT by Texaggie79

Anyone just see him on 60 mins? He ran off how much Japan, Italy, Russia, ect spend on military compared to the U.S. Funny though.... he didn't mention what China is spending.....


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: seebsnews

1 posted on 10/02/2005 5:01:51 PM PDT by Texaggie79
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>> Andy Rooney Says US Military is Bloated on 60 Mins

mmercier says Andy Rooney is bloated on the Free Republic.


2 posted on 10/02/2005 5:04:58 PM PDT by mmercier (so it goes)
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mmercier says Andy Rooney is bloated on the Free Republic.

Damn. You beat me to it.

3 posted on 10/02/2005 5:06:53 PM PDT by Phsstpok (There are lies, damned lies, statistics and presentation graphics, in descending order of truth)
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To: Phsstpok
bloated

adj : abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh" [syn: distended, puffed, puffy, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid]


Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University

"hoist by one's own petard" came immediately to mind.
4 posted on 10/02/2005 5:14:58 PM PDT by mmercier (the fat man)
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To: Phsstpok
Andy Rooney, I thought that senile old fart had died years ago.

Regards,
GtG

5 posted on 10/02/2005 5:18:44 PM PDT by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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He did. They can just run tapes of the same old blather, I'm pretty sure. No change since 1970. Still stupid - dead or alive.


6 posted on 10/02/2005 6:11:21 PM PDT by Emmett McCarthy
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To: Gandalf_The_Gray

Wishful thinking....sorry to say.


7 posted on 10/02/2005 6:12:21 PM PDT by ThreePuttinDude (..yep, thats right, I'm an infidel......so what....)
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To: mmercier
>> Andy Rooney Says US Military is Bloated on 60 Mins
mmercier says Andy Rooney is bloated on the Free Republic.

I say CBS's news devision is bloated, much like a corpse that has been underwater for several days.

8 posted on 10/02/2005 6:24:20 PM PDT by JAWs
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Rooney went loco many years ago.

He's a creepy looking little troll.

9 posted on 10/02/2005 6:27:52 PM PDT by MotleyGirl70
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Hey that puppy picure is the one I made long ago... w00t


10 posted on 10/02/2005 10:01:20 PM PDT by Texaggie79 (Did I just say that?)
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