mmmm, relish on everything
George Bush “the elder” or “the younger”.
I like ketchup and chopped onions better.
Except for mustard on ham. Accept no substitutes!
But what kind of mustard? French’s yellow? (Always so well-prepared, even Batman can’t beat it)
Gulden’s brown?
Dijon? (That one’s likely to stir up a ruckus)
Or one of the glazes with honey and cloves, such as you can find at the Honeybaked Ham Store?
Answer: None of the above.
No, the only mustard worthy of gracing my comestibles is all-American, New England made, proud to declare itself:
[pauses to wipe the drool away]
You might like to try some ale or stout from the same company.
If you prefer something nonalcoholic, I recommend the Mercury Brewing Company’s line of soda pop – especially the black cherry and orange cream.
Hmm, sounds intriguing.
But can I get Mercury Brewing Company Black Cherry mustard? Just in the unlikely event that I would prefer something non-alcoholic.
Naw, no Black Cherry version, unless you mix it into the Ipswich Ale Mustard yourself.
It would be kind of runny, though.
Let’s not lose focus.
Bush favors a smear strategy because he has no record to run on.
As readers of the SDMB surely know, his is the first administration since Herbert Hoover to preside over a net loss of jobs over his term.
Meanwhile, of the 22 “most wanted terrorists” listed by the FBI in October 2001, only 3 have been captured or killed, despite rewards of up to $5 million. The rest remain at large.
Furthermore, according to the 9/11 commission’s report released last Saturdaygaps appear to remain in the intelligence community’s understanding of terrorist financing. Ouch. Standard police investigative technique #1: follow the money. (#2: Question the relatives. 3#: Set clear goals and hold your lieutenants accountable for the results.)
Now admittedly, Bush has a tough job. All the more reason why the nation’s CEO should be temperamentally capable of midcourse correction. President Franklin D. Roosevelt stressed the importance of experimentation. Bill Gates reinvents Microsoft’s medium term goals practically every other year. GWB’s motto, OTOH, is never apologize, never hold your underlings accountable (Tenet excepted), never engage the opposition –distortion is better–, keep your ideas simple and your speech clipped, and always, always hide behind your press spokesmen whenever you can.
Presidebt: Thanks for the kind words.
:o
Sorry for the hijack, Measure for Measure. It’s just that, when I do keep focussed, it’s all so damned depressing; not least because so many people still buy this administration’s bogus goods. My outrage reserves are pretty much depleted from the constant drain.
He was for it before he was against it.
I though that refusing to meet Cleland yesterday was an act of cowardice. He even went so far as to “release the hounds” on Cleland. Why not just go one step further by turning off the porch light and closing the curtains.
What harm would have been done by simply accepting the letter?