OK WHAT OTHER MEANINGS ARE THERE FOR FIXING THE INTELLIGENCE???

[LSK]

Was it broken? Did a CD break and it needed tape??

WHAT FUCKING OTHER MEANING COULD IT BE??????????????????????

[Donailin]

1. seriously!!!

I just caught that too. . as if in Britain "fixing" means "assembing"

or is it "disassembling"????

[wryter2000]

2. You could spay or neuter it

Or fix it like some folks fix dinner.

:evilgrin:

[jaysunb]

3. There's only one meaning

and it's exactly the one you think it is. !

[malaise]

4. The spin cycle has started

Woolsey et al are washing the dirty laundry the way sensible people expected them to - no surprise.

[mopaul]

5. depends on what the meaning of the word 'fixed' is

[LSK]

7. could "FIX" mean "mowing the lawn" in the UK???

Maybe it means listening to Neil Diamond records. SOMEONE GET THE THE UK WEBSTERS DICTIONARY!!!!:mad: :mad:

[merbex]

6. This is the only thing they can hang their hat on- fixed doesn't mean

fixed

What a joke

[Donailin]

10. I'd like to hurt someone right now

I just can't take tis orwellian bullshit anymore

[LSK]

12. I just went a round with my punching bag

Its gonna need fixing by the end of this!:mad:

[evermind]

8. The critical "but" guarantees a negative sense to "fixed"

whatever you take it to mean. The only negative sense is "fraudulently arranged" (OED)

[ROH]

17. Very good point!

The DSM states (my emphasis):
"Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy."

[evermind]

26. Thankyou. For further development of that analysis, see

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3905794&mesg_id=3906018

and the link within that to an older long-ish post of mine on this.

[proiowadem]

9. I thought i heard some one say its mean "Bolted onto"

but i need some UK folks to confirm this for me.

[Spazito]

21. Here is what it means from a Brit, the Brit who published the

documents:

"Michael Smith: There are number of people asking about fixed and its meaning. This is a real joke. I do not know anyone in the UK who took it to mean anything other than fixed as in fixed a race, fixed an election, fixed the intelligence. If you fix something, you make it the way you want it. The intelligence was fixed and as for the reports that said this was one British official. Pleeeaaassee! This was the head of MI6. How much authority do you want the man to have? He has just been to Washington, he has just talked to George Tenet. He said the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy. That translates in clearer terms as the intelligence was being cooked to match what the administration wanted it to say to justify invading Iraq. Fixed means the same here as it does there. More leaks? I do hope so and the more Blair and Bush lie to try to get themselves off the hook the more likely it is that we will get more leaks."

[proiowadem]

27. thanks

[jimshoes]

25. self delete

[tishaLA]

11. "making it benign"

remember: in bushworld, everything is its opposite.

[Imalittleteapot]

13. They are FIXING the message for

the dumb asses that will buy the BS. Attempting to put the DSM to rest, once and for all.
Spin. Spin. Spin.:grr:

[Goldeneye]

14. If thats their spin...

they're screwed. There is a lot more to the DSM than that. Besides, anyone who hears it in context and isn't a limbaugh listener is going to see through it. I'm talking about run of the mill Americans. They will see through it. Fixed means fixed.

[Applan]

15. Here's what Times reporter Michael Smith had to say....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion...

Michael Smith: There are number of people asking about fixed and its meaning. This is a real joke. I do not know anyone in the UK who took it to mean anything other than fixed as in fixed a race, fixed an election, fixed the intelligence. If you fix something, you make it the way you want it. The intelligence was fixed and as for the reports that said this was one British official. Pleeeaaassee! This was the head of MI6. How much authority do you want the man to have? He has just been to Washington, he has just talked to George Tenet. He said the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy. That translates in clearer terms as the intelligence was being cooked to match what the administration wanted it to say to justify invading Iraq. Fixed means the same here as it does there. More leaks? I do hope so and the more Blair and Bush lie to try to get themselves off the hook the more likely it is that we will get more leaks.

And as a Brit, I can myself assure you that fixed means exactly what Smith says it means. So we can put this RW bullshit to bed. Next?

[Glenda]

16. Thanks for posting that n/t

[thecitizen]

19. fixed isn't fixate!

which is what some are trying to say.

[OrlandoGator]

18. Fixing it....as in it was broken and they performed repairs.

Or perhaps they were fixing it like a Thanksgiving Dinner.

[LSK]

23. maybe the computer the intel was on crashed and needed a reboot

That would "fix it"

[Bluerthanblue]

20. "if it ain't broke it don't need fixin" ... maybe

they were fixating on it- that's not good-

and heard an interesting interchange on NPR as to the word MEMO-

it shouldn't be called the DSM-
Memo- meaning a little note- something rather inconcequential-

rather Memorandum or Document or Minutes of the meeting????-

semantics, but words get so much play, and are so twistable

it DOES depend on what the 'intentional' meaning of 'is' is.

[pinto]

22. Slang British word.. Means lying... Oh, we knew that..... Nevermind.

[kliljedahl]

24. Duct tape, it'll "fix" anything.

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