Ghost of BiB

In other words...it flies over your head.

If a tree falls on the moon, and there is no one to hear it...does it make a sound?

May amaze, but never surprises.

Yeah, like you wouldn't buy Denise Richards an extra drink she didn't need.

Uh huh...change your diaper today? About three years ago, they moved the 23 year old office hottie into my office (had an extra desk, we were tight on room). She got to telling me her dating and sexual troubles, thinking of me as some wise Uncle... Now THAT's old...when you are considered that harmless and they ask your advice, it's just about over.

What are the powerball numbers for next week? What are the powerball numbers for the next time it gets over 150 million? What are the powerball numbers for the next time after that? Then, I'll BUY the Bills, and we will run them like a coop. I still get the good seats, though.

Because everyone hates you? It's almost impossible for there NOT to be other life, and intelligent life (mathematically) in the universe. But, the universe is pretty damn big. And if Einstein was at all right, why bother spending a couple million years to come here? I don't like to drive to the grocery store, unless I have to. Which brings up a point about this SETI business. If you are pointing the radio telescope at a system 900 light years away, and you actually hear something, aren't you hearing something they said 900 years ago? Seriously, what's the point? It's going to take 900 years to get an answer back to them, even if one knew how. Crap Throwing Monkey probably has an angle on this, somewhere.

MILF? I call her young prime. AND she can drive a Starship.

Me first.

Great. Blow the whistle. THEN when the giant asteroid gets thrown at us by those bug people, everyone is going to B word and moan no one did anything to prevent it.

Actually they have to be. The definition of what a "WMD" actually is has been a big bone of contention within the government. The definition is more related to policy than chemistry. One ounce of Tabun is obviously not going to do as much harm as 100 gallons, but in terms of policy - as in who is going to be responsible within government for taking certain actions and having certain authorities, a finite definition has to be drawn. We labored long and hard to get the words "High Explosive" removed from the definition. CBRN vs CBRNE. Other agencies have their own ideas, including phrases like "by order of magnitude are capable of causing mass effect...etc." Slowly, these definitions are becoming more and more standardized, which goes a surprisingly long way to helping people understand their lanes in terms of authority and responsibility. The term "Weapons of Mass Effect" was floating around for a while, and included things that could interupt or destroy computer networks, for example. It's hard to devise programs under the same "roof" that are going to be fully capable of staving off an internet attack, and also conduct nuclear materials interdictions.

Blind squirrels and nuts. Watching those lines yesterday nearly brought tears to my eyes. Or was the free-base...I forget.

Most bars I go to, we discuss women and sports - but to each their own, I guess.

WMD = Chemical, Biological, Nuclear and Radiological weapons and their means of delivery. They can be used tactically, back in the good old days when the Soviets and us were mad at each other, that was the presumed use. There is such a thing as a tactical nuclear weapon, for that matter. That doesn't mean it's OK to have it in the neighborhood. Anyway, that is actually the strict definition used by the Defense Department.

Doesn't change the fact that he's a dwarf.

Hey, you libs take your own chances.

Suck my shorts. All that goes by the wayside, when you sell your soul. Once you sign on with either party, you've made your bed. I'm just so partisan.

(Sigh) OK, give me a grid.

Gotta love the Top Hats.

Figures.

Prick. You having fun yet? I really don't drink much beer either, used to, but it seems like it's gotten bloating in my old age. When I shoot pool, I'll give in some, though. I used to do some table running too, but I'm a shadow of my former pool shooting self. I'll skip the Bud or Miller for a nice Belgian, and have less. Geeze, two world leaders having a private conversation, with no expectation of privacy. Your perfect world? OK, I'll invoke the dreaded "Bill Clause". You don't think there were some interesting conversations in the Clinton White House? Maybe someone should have rushed out to the press with "transcripts" of some Bill and Tony moments. You must have missed the part about defending the party. I don't do that. I sit in the middle of this quagmire mostly concerned with defending me, and secondly, you/us. Politicians are down there somewhere below cats and penguins. The reality is that the Bush Defense Department is light years above the Clinton Defense Department in terms of national interest. So, BTW is their philosophy about trying to protect America. They may be flawed in execution, but the principles are sound. Protecting America is very much an economics and geo-political thing. Hard to get away from the true Democrat influences, though. Oh, BTW...Hitler.

If he just chills out, he can make a new career out of FOX, CNN and MSNBC. Didn't the dwarf labor guy under Clinton do that?

And, AS USUAL, it escapes you that in every supposed or real gaffe (or success, for that matter) there are usually lots of moving parts from various quarters. People with an agenda can create "the Perfect Storm" anytime they want to, if they are willing to take the time and effort to put things together and omit what hurts the cause. That's what appears to be the key rule in smear politics, which is infinitely easier than trying to come up with solutions or a platform. Yeah, while we're at it I'll say you're wrong about that also. If it was behind closed doors and not meant for public consumption, but perhaps meant to break up the tension of discussing a very important counter-information campaign, I don't view it as stupid. You ever cynically laugh at certain stuff at your job? Or are you 100% deadly serious 100% of the time? If so, I bet you are a true joy to have a couple of beers and shoot pool with. What's also amusing to me, is that you think I'm a Republican Party hack.

You know I'm thinking of you as I sip my Beaujolais. Especially since the cute little blonde waitress I was scamming ran and hid after some big mean looking black guy laid into her for using bad language... Hey, whatever happened to the pictures? Not come out? It's not every day you have both Sarama and VABills caught sitting in high chairs so they can see the TV.

Don't call me Shirley.