Sites Holmquist trys, and often fails, to go no more than a couple of days without visiting (some of which Holmquist regularly swipes links from without attribution)
Yesterday evening I was in the pet food aisle of a grocery store when I see a white guy that I estimate to be within five years of 45 with a Bush/Cheney 04 hat. Thinking that my buddy Max could use one, I say, "Hey nice hat! Where do you get it?"
"Cool I'll have to check that site out," I say in a voice that reflected my indecision on whether to try to sound earnest or to make my sarcasm clear. "I sure hope Bush is reelected. I don't think we are going to have defeated the terrorists by the end of his current term."
"That's why we have to work hard to vote Republican," said he.
Not really sure why but at this point I raised a clenched fist in the air and said, "Vote Republican!" Then I walked away, unable to keep from laughing.
I thought Wayne Newton walked into this hangar for a minute.
Listen, do we have any Marines here? [Cheers] How about any Navy folks? [Cheers] How about soldiers? Do we have any soldiers in the crowd? [Cheers] How about airmen? Have we got any airmen? [Cheers]
All right, the finest soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines of the United States forces in Korea, we thank you for what you do each and every day. We thank the family members for the sacrifices that you make. We are so proud of you.
Secretary Rumsfeld came to Korea because he wanted to see what was happening on this peninsula and how important it is to Northeast Asia and the entire world. He’s a great supporter of our military. He’s served as both the youngest and the oldest Secretary of Defense. [Laughter}
Rumsfeld: That’s no great honor. [Laughter]
LaPorte: He’s a former Navy pilot, White House Chief of Staff for President Ford, Congressman from Illinois, former Ambassador to NATO, and former CEO of two Fortune 500 companies. I will tell you, we couldn’t have any better leadership leading our nation than this man right here.
How about a warm USFK welcome for our Secretary of Defense?
