Rumsfeld's a sweet guy
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
This week-end's FT has a telling 'interview' with Donald Rumsfeld. I won;t bother giving you a link to it because Pearson - the owners of the FT - still don't get it and demand a subscription for reading it. [Would you pay a subscription to read this article? No. Would you read this article if it was 'free'. Probably. Let Pearson work out the economics of that. You would think the FT, of all people, might get the idea of the long tail.]
Anyway, Rumsfeld comes across as your favourite uncle. Nice. Unfortunately, he's defence secretary of the world's only superpower. Here's what's most telling: he has a small coffee table in his office where
Reading this brought to mind a couple of thoughts I had. I've probably had them before but it's worth putting them down again.
1. The most pertinent argument against intelligent design is surely President Bush.
2. Bush is not the most dangerous thing in the world: that accolade must go to those that still think he should be president.
Anyway, Rumsfeld comes across as your favourite uncle. Nice. Unfortunately, he's defence secretary of the world's only superpower. Here's what's most telling: he has a small coffee table in his office where
under its glass top are Iraqi and Afghan election ballots.In addition, the
floor is beautifully interrupted by a carpet he received from Afghan president Hamid Karzai.So that's all right, then. All those deaths were worth it.
Reading this brought to mind a couple of thoughts I had. I've probably had them before but it's worth putting them down again.
1. The most pertinent argument against intelligent design is surely President Bush.
2. Bush is not the most dangerous thing in the world: that accolade must go to those that still think he should be president.
