Comments on: Dept. of Been There/Done That http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/04/14/dept-of-been-theredone-that/ The blog of the mystery writer, screenwriter and CEO of Pajamas Media Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:59:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: richard mcenroe http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/04/14/dept-of-been-theredone-that/#comment-45075 richard mcenroe Fri, 15 Apr 2005 01:07:23 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/04/14/dept-of-been-theredone-that/#comment-45075 Just another thing life inside the Beltway has in common with show business. Your clout is determined in large part by who you can get away with abusing. Buddy Larsen, JJ ó If Biden runs again, let's just ask him what he thought he was doing when he described how to stab US soldiers to death through their body armor on national television... Just another thing life inside the Beltway has in common with show business. Your clout is determined in large part by who you can get away with abusing.

Buddy Larsen, JJ ó If Biden runs again, let’s just ask him what he thought he was doing when he described how to stab US soldiers to death through their body armor on national television…

]]> By: Buddy Larsen http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/04/14/dept-of-been-theredone-that/#comment-45074 Buddy Larsen Thu, 14 Apr 2005 22:56:32 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/04/14/dept-of-been-theredone-that/#comment-45074 JJay, have you ever seen anyone who better makes a more compleat fool of himself every time he opens his mouth--and has less clue that he's doing it? The Mattel hair-do shoulda done him in long ago. Heavyweight senators to balance the exec is just what Doc Madison prescribed, but, yech, we didn't have to watch the sausage being made back then. JJay, have you ever seen anyone who better makes a more compleat fool of himself every time he opens his mouth–and has less clue that he’s doing it? The Mattel hair-do shoulda done him in long ago. Heavyweight senators to balance the exec is just what Doc Madison prescribed, but, yech, we didn’t have to watch the sausage being made back then.

]]> By: JJay http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/04/14/dept-of-been-theredone-that/#comment-45073 JJay Thu, 14 Apr 2005 22:34:40 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/04/14/dept-of-been-theredone-that/#comment-45073 The NYTimes and the other instruments of the left have given up on Washington for the time being as being captive to the red states. Their fall back position for advancing the agenda is the UN. Having a hard nose like Bolton there is a spanner thrown into the machinery. Speaking of Joe Biden, he looks like he figures enough time has passed since he was caught at plagarism -- "borrowing" a speech from a British politician and passing it off as his own -- that he can dust off those old presidential hopes. If he goes for new hair plugs, you know he's in the race. The NYTimes and the other instruments of the left have given up on Washington for the time being as being captive to the red states. Their fall back position for advancing the agenda is the UN. Having a hard nose like Bolton there is a spanner thrown into the machinery. Speaking of Joe Biden, he looks like he figures enough time has passed since he was caught at plagarism — “borrowing” a speech from a British politician and passing it off as his own — that he can dust off those old presidential hopes. If he goes for new hair plugs, you know he’s in the race.

]]> By: charlotte http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/04/14/dept-of-been-theredone-that/#comment-45072 charlotte Thu, 14 Apr 2005 22:30:41 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/04/14/dept-of-been-theredone-that/#comment-45072 Brava, Kyda! Brava, Kyda!

]]> By: Kyda Sylvester http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/04/14/dept-of-been-theredone-that/#comment-45071 Kyda Sylvester Thu, 14 Apr 2005 22:21:17 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/04/14/dept-of-been-theredone-that/#comment-45071 For Charlotte because she asked so nicely and thanks, everyone, for the kind remarks. To the Editor: It's always amusing to see the editorial board of The Times in high dudgeon. You may not realize this, but most Americans hold the United Nations in "withering disdain." And why not? The United Nations in its current state is worthy of withering disdain. Its only hope for survival is a complete overhaul, new rules and new leadership (many of us would be more than happy to see the whole sorry mess "scuttled"). None of that can be accomplished if we send the kind of sycophantic representative your editors would choose. Kyda Sylvester Auburn, Calif., April 13, 2005 For Charlotte because she asked so nicely and thanks, everyone, for the kind remarks.

To the Editor:

It’s always amusing to see the editorial board of The Times in high dudgeon.

You may not realize this, but most Americans hold the United Nations in “withering disdain.” And why not? The United Nations in its current state is worthy of withering disdain. Its only hope for survival is a complete overhaul, new rules and new leadership (many of us would be more than happy to see the whole sorry mess “scuttled”).

None of that can be accomplished if we send the kind of sycophantic representative your editors would choose.

Kyda Sylvester

Auburn, Calif., April 13, 2005

]]> By: M. Simon http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/04/14/dept-of-been-theredone-that/#comment-45070 M. Simon Thu, 14 Apr 2005 21:03:49 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/04/14/dept-of-been-theredone-that/#comment-45070 In case you hadn't seen it, I posted <a href="http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2005/04/desmarais-volcker-power.html" rel="nofollow"> a bit on the Volcker cover up of the involvement of the Canadian Demarais in this scandal. Oh yes, there is a French angle too. Total Elf is involved.</a> In case you hadn’t seen it, I posted a bit on the Volcker cover up of the involvement of the Canadian Demarais in this scandal.

Oh yes, there is a French angle too. Total Elf is involved.

]]> By: Old Dad http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/04/14/dept-of-been-theredone-that/#comment-45069 Old Dad Thu, 14 Apr 2005 21:02:41 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/04/14/dept-of-been-theredone-that/#comment-45069 Kyda: Nice letter. I'm sure you gave many a lib a bad case of the vapors. Something I'd like to see. A cogent explication of why we should not hold the UN in "withering disdain". Kyda:

Nice letter. I’m sure you gave many a lib a bad case of the vapors.

Something I’d like to see. A cogent explication of why we should not hold the UN in “withering disdain”.

]]> By: yama-arashi http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/04/14/dept-of-been-theredone-that/#comment-45068 yama-arashi Thu, 14 Apr 2005 20:08:49 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/04/14/dept-of-been-theredone-that/#comment-45068 Rick, Shhhhhhhhhh!! Not so loud. Now you're in real trouble. Wait till C3.3778594037Ej gets a hold of you. Rick,

Shhhhhhhhhh!! Not so loud. Now you’re in real trouble. Wait till C3.3778594037Ej gets a hold of you.

]]> By: Terrye http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/04/14/dept-of-been-theredone-that/#comment-45067 Terrye Thu, 14 Apr 2005 20:07:37 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/04/14/dept-of-been-theredone-that/#comment-45067 Kyda: hey, that is really great. The NYT is tough. I do think going after Bolton like this is stupid. Speaking of gratuitously snarky I would say tha tis what this silly performance is. Those same Senators are no doubt pretty damn difficult to get a long with themselves. Kyda:

hey, that is really great.

The NYT is tough.

I do think going after Bolton like this is stupid.

Speaking of gratuitously snarky I would say tha tis what this silly performance is. Those same Senators are no doubt pretty damn difficult to get a long with themselves.

]]> By: Terrye http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/04/14/dept-of-been-theredone-that/#comment-45066 Terrye Thu, 14 Apr 2005 20:05:10 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/04/14/dept-of-been-theredone-that/#comment-45066 nicholas: Back in the 90's both the UK and the US tried to bring up issues concerning smuggling, human rights abuses and corruption in regards to Iraq and were shot down by delegates of France and Russia in the security council everytime. There was no interest in pursuing this in the UN and if not for the US we would not be hearing about it now. I don't see Cyprus going after Sevon for breaking the banking laws in his own country. So far Kojo and his dad are not in any real trouble. No, two out of three indictments brought today are from the only two countries that seem to care one way or the other if a law was broken at all. nicholas:

Back in the 90′s both the UK and the US tried to bring up issues concerning smuggling, human rights abuses and corruption in regards to Iraq and were shot down by delegates of France and Russia in the security council everytime.

There was no interest in pursuing this in the UN and if not for the US we would not be hearing about it now.

I don’t see Cyprus going after Sevon for breaking the banking laws in his own country. So far Kojo and his dad are not in any real trouble.

No, two out of three indictments brought today are from the only two countries that seem to care one way or the other if a law was broken at all.

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