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Saturday, May 10, 2008 12:00 AM

How the military analyst program controlled news coverage: in the Pentagon's own words

"We develop a core group from within our media analyst list of those that we can count on to carry our water. They become the key go to guys for the networks and it begins to weed out the less reliably friendly analysts by the networks themselves."

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  • Saturday, May 10, 2008 09:41 PM

    Mona, qs et. al.

    Yes, it is true that the toes last longer than the fingers. Even for me and I am hard on toes - soccer, gardening etc. Cocktailhag would tell you to wear something with both colors in it. Then you're not clashing, you're coordinating. ;-}

    'Didgeridoo' is OPI. Amazing, eh? Wonder how many folks they have doing that and what the going rate for such imagination is?

    QS - Even I can't do the pit thing. It's just too hard to braid with one hand... ;-}

    Jebbie's mullet wouldn't phase them. They were on a quest for the legendary catfish tonight. Complete with illuminated bobbers. It's the Nessie in the pond, IYKWIM. I've never seen it, only heard about it, which is not surprising when one considers the capacity for aggrandizement that most fishermen worthy of the title bring to the game.

    They watched the pretty lights on the bobbers and I recovered from my soccer game by tippling some Crown Royal while communing with the smoke column from the campfire (a lively pas de deux coutesy of the front moving into the area).

    Now I need to take my smoky butt off to bed where I'll admire my clashing nails until I drift off to sleep. 'Night all.

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