Today's Freedom Medal ceremonies: rewarding our failures.

Sara Beverley

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Tue Dec-14-04 11:43 AM
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Today's Freedom Medal ceremonies: rewarding our failures.

It's astonishing what power can do. We can reward our own failures and make heros out of cowards and criminals.

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immoderate

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Tue Dec-14-04 11:45 AM
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1. More of the "Wizard of Oz Syndrome"

Wizard to scarecrow: "I can't give you a brain, but I can give you a diploma."

--IMM

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Pirate Smile

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Tue Dec-14-04 11:48 AM
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2. Promote Condi. Retain Rumsfeld. As usual, they are consistent in

rewarding incompetence.

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maddezmom

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Tue Dec-14-04 11:48 AM
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3. * looks more and more like a dictator every day

did you see how smug he was??? GOD help us all.

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dzoner

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Tue Dec-14-04 11:48 AM
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4. Reply

Edited on Tue Dec-14-04 11:48 AM by dzoner

The most pathetic ceremony I have have ever seen.

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BiggJawn

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Tue Dec-14-04 11:48 AM
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5. Ain't that something, now?

Edited on Tue Dec-14-04 11:49 AM by BiggJawn

Our nation's highest civilian honour, awarded to 3 colossal FUCK-UPS.

Why didn't he just give one to Colon Bowell, or Colon's boy Mikey, while he was at it?

Mikey Bowell for protecting Murka from the Evil JanetTitty...

Colon for his convincing tap-dance before the UN....

If I had one of those medals, I'd wipe my ass on it and send it back.

Next thing you know, Chimpy will start handing them out like Tic-Tacs to all his Ranger and Pioneer buds...

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dzoner

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Tue Dec-14-04 11:52 AM
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6. reply

Fox analysis: History will prove how great these three have been and everyone makes an occasional mistake.

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Doc_Technical

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Tue Dec-14-04 08:17 PM
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7. In "Catch 22", Yossarian was promoted and given a medal

for having the squadron drop its bombs in the ocean instead

of bombing a village, and Col. Cathcart couldn't

punish him because it would be bad publicity, so he promoted

Yossarian to Captain.

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annabanana

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Tue Dec-14-04 08:22 PM
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8. Olberman just made this exact point on Countdown

brilliant... and lookin' true from here!

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