A Few Of FR's Finest....Every Day....04-14-04....The Many Faces of Donald Rumsfeld

dansangel

[dansangel]

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Illustrating the size of Kerry's intelligence, perhaps?

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.
(From Defenselink Military Bios)

Standing proud with his boss.

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).

(From Defenselink Military Bios)

Determined to make his point.

Did you know our Rummy is a poet?
(From Poetry of Donald Rumsfeld):

The Unknown

As we know,
There are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.
We also know
There are known unknowns.
That is to say
We know there are some things
We do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns,
The ones we don’t know
We don’t know.

—Feb. 12, 2002, Department of Defense news briefing

Or how about:

Happenings

You’re going to be told lots of things.
You get told things every day that don’t happen.

It doesn’t seem to bother people, they don’t —
It’s printed in the press.
The world thinks all these things happen.
They never happened.

Everyone’s so eager to get the story
Before in fact the story’s there
That the world is constantly being fed
Things that haven’t happened.

All I can tell you is,
It hasn’t happened.
It’s going to happen.

—Feb. 28, 2003, Department of Defense briefing

Of course these are parodies of actual quotes, but sometimes when he speaks it has a bit of a poetic ring, no?

It's easy to see his passion when he speaks.

Donald Rumsfeld has served us well as Secretary of Defense. I can't think of anyone more deserving of the title.

Rummy - you are *truly* one of the Finest!

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[Pippin]

GOOD MORNING ((((LOUIE))))!

[Texagirl4W]

What a wonderful tribute to a great man. President Bush made so many great appointments when he took office. God bless this administration.

Thanks for the post, dansagnel.

[Texagirl4W]

Great pictures, Meek. When I was in New Orleans last week I saw your temperature chart of Dallas. I couldn't believe how cold it was here. It's good to be back home. I have a lot of reading to catch up on. Have a good day.

[dansangel]

Thank you [[[[[{{{{{(((((Louie_Wolfie_Man)))))}}}}}]]]]]

Both you and Rummy get an ***Ahhh-Roooooooo!!!!***

:-)

[ST.LOUIE1]

Morning, (((((((((Pipster)))))))

You're lookin' mighty pretty. : )

[dansangel]

((((((Pipster))))))

Thank God we have Rummy as our Secretary of Defense. I think he has done a great job!

Have a wonderful day! :-)

[The Mayor]

Mornin Pippin!!

[FreeTheHostages]

[dansangel]

God bless this administration.

Amen and Amen. We are truly blessed.

Thank you ((((((Texagirl4W))))))))

[FreeTheHostages]

[FreeTheHostages]

Well done and what a great idea for a thread! He DOES have a very elastic face!!

[AKA Elena]

Gee Whiz -- this is the first time I have dropped in and I can't believe the huggin' 'n stuff that is going on here.

Drawn here, of course, by the simple mention of "Rummy, the Great".

Took forever to load ... but I waited ... many of the other graphics won't load, but I do appreciate having come by.

Congrats to all who participate daily in the "Finest". I have a feeling that today's thread may outdo all of the previous ones.

[The Mayor]

Bump!

[dansangel]

Thank you (((((Freezie)))))

His expressions are priceless.

:-)

[dansangel]

(((((AKA Elena))))))

There! A *hug* for you, too! :-)

Sorry the thread was so slow to load. We try not to make the thread too graphic-intensive or use *heavy* (large kb) graphics with dial-up in mind, but I just had to in Rummy's case to catch many of his great expressions.

Welcome and please come back to visit - something new most every day!

[MeekOneGOP]

Thank you ...

[The Thin Man]

I agree dansy wansy, Rumsfeld has been great.

Well done, this is almost as good as your "Pink Flamingo" thread. :-)

[dansangel]

Well done, this is almost as good as your "Pink Flamingo" thread. :-)

Wow! Thank you (((((((skinnydood))))))))))

Remembered your anti-curmudgeon meds today, didya?

;-)

[ru4liberty]

Great thread, dansangel! whoever would have LOVED it! She truly admired this man.

Happy Wednesday!

[MeekOneGOP]

Yeah, it turned cooler around Saturday or Sunday. Our usual Easter cool spell.

It's gonna turn back to Springtime now, and going to the 70s and low 80s the rest of this week.

You have a great day ! ;^)