Alterman: Wanna buy a bridge?

[dArKeR]

Hey Buddy, wanna buy a bridge?  This is on the front page of today’s Washington Post but is buried in the Times: 

“Anyone who might assert the numbers were intentionally skewed is mistaken," said Brennan, director of the Terrorist Threat Integration Center (TTIC), created by President Bush to produce efficient and comprehensive assessments of domestic and international terrorism.

When the April report was released, Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage said it provided "clear evidence that we are prevailing in the fight."  Yesterday, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said Armitage's words were based on incorrect information.

The revised figures show that more people were killed by terrorists last year than at any time since 1998, apart from 2001, when the Sept. 11 hijackings caused 2,973 deaths. Terrorist bombings and shootings left 3,646 people injured around the world -- more than in any year in the past six.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3449870/

[SoFlaJet]

1. Best line;

Does anyone in the mainstream media ever wonder why this administration only makes “honest mistakes” in favor of its own arguments?
I don't think so..

[HysteryDiagnosis]

2. Wanna buy a bridge?

Does anyone in the mainstream media ever wonder why this administration only makes “honest mistakes” in favor of its own arguments?
I don't think so..<<

Far better than them making dishonest mistakes in favor of the other sides arguments.... er... maybe Rummy can decipher that for me.... ain't he a hoot.

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