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Politics : Bush-The Mastermind behind 9/11? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Don Earl who wrote (9455)	12/27/2004 2:26:49 PM
From: James Calladine	Respond to of 20039

The total coverage of the item that I can see is: -- an audio clip from npr news that flags the item -- something from Ireland -- the Blue Lemur article Like you, I think the item warrants more than that, but I guess everybody is still sleeping from too much turkey at Christmas. Or is it the National news sleep? Namaste! Jim

To: Don Earl who wrote (9455)	12/27/2004 8:07:43 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20039

Re: In the land of the free and the home of the brave, the people don't need to know about such things. Hi Don, I see you happen to agree (albeit facetiously) with a former Washington Post publisher who is on the record saying: "There are some things the general public does not need to know and shouldn't. I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets and when the press can decide whether to print what it knows." —Katharine Graham, chairman of the board, The Washington Post Company (inherited after her husband Philip "murdered himself")

To: Don Earl who wrote (9455)	12/28/2004 3:38:38 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 20039

Re: ...the idea Rumsfeld might fire a warning shot across the bow with his job in danger, doesn't strike me as being all that far fetched. If the media had actually run with the story, he could easily retract the statement saying the statement was a figure of speech, and considering the nearly complete media blackout, the statement easily serves the purpose of saying, "You can't fire me. I know too much.". Actually, I'd be more nuanced --Rumsfeld's true message is rather, "You can't RETIRE me. I know too much." I mean, Donald Rumsfeld is past seventy years old, he certainly doesn't plan to hang around the political arena for the rest of his life... Now, what's the usual "career track" for US elder statesmen like Rumsfeld, Ashcroft and the like?? You guessed it: a quiet, golden sinecure on the board of Fortune500 corporations --here's an example: Caspar W. Weinberger, Host Chairman, Forbes magazine Former U. S. Secretary of Defense With his keen knowledge and impressive experience within all facets of international business and politics, Caspar Weinberger is the perfect choice to host World Business Review. Mr. Weinberger, currently the Chairman of Forbes magazine, served as Secretary of Defense for President Ronald Reagan from 1980 through 1987. In private business, he has been a Director of Pepsico, Inc., Quaker Oats Co., and the Bechtel Group, and from 1988 to 1994, served as Counsel to the international law firm of Rogers & Wells. He was also a member of the Trilateral Commission, and past Chairman of the Board of the USA-ROC Economic Council. [...] wbrtv.com So I guess the problem for Rumsfeld is not to get kicked out of his current job --he might secretly hope as much. He is, however, concerned about his image being so much smeared by the Iraq mess that the corporate boards he's coveting will shun him... If he happened to be too much of a PR liability, no Wall Street bank, no Time Warner, no Wal-Mart would have him as board director.... Gus