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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[dansangel]

This time about taking my meds. It's so discouraging.

It was out of *concern* that I mentioned that - not a wisecrack!

Even when ya try to be kind.....

:-)

[Mama_Bear]

Great thread, ((((((((dansy))))))))! Thanks for bringing the ever-effervescent Donald Rumsfeld to us today. Gotta love him...and his poetry! LOL.

Have a Fine Wednesday, everyone.

[The Thin Man]

Dansy! This thread is WONDERFUL! blah...blah...blah

Admittedly, it's a fine thread but let's not go overboard. :-)

[ride the whirlwind]

The title of this thread caught my eye. I smiled when I saw Rummy's "poem" in the opening. I remember when he did this and it was priceless!

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

Classic. Thanks!

[Pippin]

Ditto!

I live with a whole bunch of them! erch!

[Pippin]

sigh!

You tried honey?

[Pippin]

Hi, (((Lori)))

I'm drooling over all those great pics of a really sexy 70-year-old! ;O)

[Mama_Bear]

I'm drooling over all those great pics of a really sexy 70-year-old! ;O)

LOL!!! A wonderful Wednesday to you, Pip.

[dansangel]

Thank you for the kind words (((((M_B))))))

Also thank you for your understanding FReepmail. I appreciate it. :-)

[dansangel]

Admittedly, it's a fine thread

A *second* compliment from His Thinness - this must be a world's record!

:-)

[dansangel]

Thank you for the kind words (((((rtw))))) and *Welcome* to the Finest!

You have a *great* profile page! .45MAN and I are the proud "humans" of two cats - one is a "tuxedo cat" who closely resembles your Izzy.

[ride the whirlwind]

Thanks for the welcome. Yes, we too are "kept" by our cats. Funny how that evolved....LOL

[Billie]

Billie: "Dansy! This thread is WONDERFUL!" blah...blah...blah T Man: "Admittedly, it's a fine thread but let's not go overboard. :-)"

Well, it didn't take long, did it, for The Real Thin Man to return?

:)

[Mama_Bear]

I checked the thread and didn't see where this had been posted. It's been around for a while, but still strikes me funny.

Rumsfeld's Apology

[dansangel]

We hope that you'll check back with us often. We run several different features each week - along with our standing "Military Monday" salute each Monday that honors our esteemed military members.

When I get home, I'll have to post a picture of my Sylvie - vicious black 'n white that she is! :-)

[dansangel]

Yes, but you'll notice that nestled in with that barb was *another* compliment.

I think someone needs to take his temperature! :-)

[dansangel]

That's definitely a *classic* - Thank you for posting the link!

[Billie]

Yes, but you'll notice that nestled in with that barb was *another* compliment.

LOL! But have you ever noticed how his *compliments* are always followed with a "but".................? :)

[jwfiv]

Wonderful thread, Miss Dansy ... Rummy IS the coolest ... thanks for drawing our attention to his poetic phrasing ... a true warrior-poet ... and a faithful servant of his Nation.

Good afternoon to all our Hostesses ... you're the coolest, too.

Regards to all the Finest.

God bless America and death to all Her enemies ... and, wedgies to all of our elite press corps for badgering the President with their conceited stupidty and selfish agenda.

[Diver Dave]

God bless America and death to all Her enemies ... and, wedgies to all of our elite press corps for badgering the President with their conceited stupidty and selfish agenda.

Amem!

Just once - well, maybe a lot of times, I'd like to hear a reporter say something like...

"Mr. President. Reports have been coming in to the news desks throughout America that the American People whole-heartedly support the War on Terrorism."
"How do you respond to such and attack on the credibility of the news media?"