Might have been, I only caught this one. Saturday I was up to my armpits in paint. I had promised myself I was going to finish the spare room come he77 or high water ( which is why it needed paint in the first place).
The dump appears to have already started a high speed wabble, I wish I had more time to enjoy it but fall marches on and there I have lots to do outdoors still.
On a side note, wasn't it Mad Mattie'e dad who was Condi Rice mentor? Pretty sure that is right but don't have time to check at the moment.
Poor Itchy carpet. Last I looked at the thread he was still taking heat on this post.
I can't find it, because freerepublic's "search function" uses "keywords" only.
Anyway, there was an article about a book that came out, or is just coming out, in which the Clinton cabinet discussed possible "diversions" to the incipient impeachment crisis of 1997-1998.
It was suggested that Big Bill rachet up the war in Iraq, which would keep the public mind on that, rather than on impeachment.
A member of the Clinton cabinet suggested they "sacrifice" a pilot by ordering him to fly in somewhere where the homocidal genocidal Saddam Hussein would have him shot down.
Thus creating a "reason" for Big Bill to bomb the Hell out of Iraq, getting impeachment off the front pages.
Other members of the Clinton cabinet were appalled at the suggestion, because surely the pilot would die.
They chastised the member who suggested this, suggesting instead that that member get some flight training, suit up, and do the job.
The member who made the suggestion was unidentified, but according to those familiar with the Clinton cabinet, to them, it seemed as if it had been Madeline Albright, the then-Secretary of State, who made the suggestion.
Damn. I wish I could find that article. It was on freerepublic yesterday (Saturday), and I read it circa noon or a few hours after.
