Rumsfeld Wins a Noble Prize

[Robbien]

Source: Washington Post

Save the date! Feb. 23. It's the black-tie gala Founders' Day Celebration and 104th birthday of the University Club. The club is giving the highly coveted William Howard Taft Public Service Award -- named in honor of the club founder, former president and Supreme Court justice -- to former defense secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.

And there'll be "special entertainment by member Dan McDermott, Tony Snow and their band, Beats Workin'," all for only $70 per person for members and $80 for nonmembers.

This appears to be a general service award, encompassing more than just Rumsfeld's deeds in Iraq. (Those may be hailed at the Presidential Medal of Freedom award presentation later this year.) Rumsfeld, a new member himself may not be the most popular guy among some folk, but he's big with club members. We hear the dinner sold out within 48 hours of the first announcement.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/12/AR2008021202377.html

[crim son]

1. Read it wrong as you may have intended.

For a moment I despaired!

[Robbien]

5. Not I. The WaPo may have been having a bit of fun, but not I.

Startled me also at first.

[crim son]

9. Oh right. This was in LBN.

I wasn't thinking!

[Winterblues]

2. It isn't the Nobel Prize, it is some Right Wing celebration prize.

They honor thugs there..Oops :spank: me bad I need to read better. You said Noble which it really isn't either but :shrug:

[Robbien]

7. Yup. Nobel with a little en

Imagine a peace prize going to any of those warmongers. This world is getting nuts, but not that nuts. Or at least not so far.

[Cobalt-60]

18. No puke will ever get or be nominated for a Nobel Prize

Even during the Reagan administration phony stories of Reagan being nominated for the peace prize were circulated by budding presstitutes.
They're so jealous they've invented a phony knock off sound alike.
Pitiful.

[Yael]

3. A public service aware?

Are they all drunk?

[Judi Lynn]

10. They're hoping he'll bring his unicycle. It could be the evening's entertainment.

[Yael]

14. LOL!

[DemBones DemBones]

15. Is that really Rummy riding the unicycle?

I can see that it could be but his face isn't that clear.

[Judi Lynn]

17. Eeeee-yup! Here's a larger photo.

Can't remember which one is Donald.

[krkaufman]

4. Are op-ed's and commentary w/in the scope of LBN? n/t

[Robbien]

8. Nope. I didn't notice

I'll ask the mods to move the thread to editorials

[Kermitt Gribble]

6. Wow, you got me with that title! n/t

[Arctic Dave]

11. Way to early for an April Fools joke. n/t

[happygoluckytoyou]

12. gotta love that runny... he's such a card

Tony Snow and the MasterBeats, Ari Fleisher and the Four Skins, with a special 1 shotgun salute from vice president Dick "the dick" Chaingang.... w00t!!! Bring your party hat, says rep Foley... join us at the meat-and-greet in stall number 5... we'll have a gay old time...

[DCKit]

13. Pretty sure Taft had bowel movements more deserving. n/t

[niyad]

16. this is a joke, right? he got a public service award? from a real organization?

are its members still living, or was this something they decided years ago, and then all passed on?