Key Bush Intelligence Briefing Kept From Hill Panel

November 23, 2005 9:06 AM

Key Bush Intelligence Briefing Kept From Hill Panel Ten days after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President Bush was told in a highly classified briefing that the U.S. intelligence community had no evidence linking the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein to the attacks and that there was scant credible evidence that Iraq had any significant collaborative ties with Al Qaeda, according to government records and current and former officials with firsthand knowledge of the matter.
posted by Postroad (62 comments total)

Was something wrong with the one from yesterday, fuckwit?
posted by keswick at 9:07 AM on November 23, 2005

Yesterday? - This morning....but I don't think Postroad is a fuckwit.
posted by jalexei at 9:09 AM on November 23, 2005

Somebody's a fuckwit.
posted by teece at 9:09 AM on November 23, 2005

11 posts ago. Exact same wording, too.
posted by cillit bang at 9:10 AM on November 23, 2005

Poor y2karl.
posted by smackfu at 9:10 AM on November 23, 2005

Poor postroad.
posted by justgary at 9:13 AM on November 23, 2005

Poor manners.
posted by fire&wings at 9:14 AM on November 23, 2005

Was something wrong with just flagging this as a double post and moving along, fuckwit?
posted by googly at 9:14 AM on November 23, 2005

Hi, I'm here from Fuckwit Services... what seems to be the problem?
posted by rolypolyman at 9:16 AM on November 23, 2005

[this president is bad]
posted by uosuaq at 9:16 AM on November 23, 2005

Excuse you?
posted by phaedon at 9:16 AM on November 23, 2005

Somebody's a fuckwit.

Sometimes I'm a fuckwit, but no one ever calls me that. I mean, how lazy is everyone that they just throw out a generic "asshole"?
posted by jalexei at 9:16 AM on November 23, 2005

POOR IMPU- (gets tasered)
posted by selfnoise at 9:17 AM on November 23, 2005

Enough with the name calling, fuckwits!
posted by Plutor at 9:18 AM on November 23, 2005

I would like to be a fuckwit. What are the criteria?
posted by flarbuse at 9:18 AM on November 23, 2005

Du Quois: This is Chevalier, Montage, Detente, Avant Garde, and Deja Vu.

Deja Vu: Haven't we met before?

Nick Rivers: I don't think so.

Du Quois: Over there, Croissant, Souffle, Escargot, and Chocolate Mousse.
posted by Pollomacho at 9:19 AM on November 23, 2005

(Lafayette Hotel)
Neo: Whoa, deja vu.
Trinity: What did you just say?
Neo: Nothing, I just had a little deja vu.
Trinity: What did you see?
Cypher: What happened?
Neo: A black cat went past us, and then another that looked just like it.
Trinity: How much like it, was it the same cat?
Neo: Might have been, I'm not sure.
Morpheus: Switch, Apoc.
Neo: What is it?
Trinity: Deja vu is usually a glitch in the matrix. It happens when they change something.

(Nebuchadnezzar)
Tank: Oh my God.
posted by phaedon at 9:22 AM on November 23, 2005

If you're a fuckwit, the terr'rists have already won!
posted by slater at 9:26 AM on November 23, 2005

This thread is about 50 kilobytes in size, minus adverts, think of all the power wastage as that bandwidth is routed around the internet. It's a tragedy... think about the Planet.
posted by gsb at 9:28 AM on November 23, 2005

posted by brownpau at 9:30 AM on November 23, 2005

What he said.
posted by mds35 at 9:30 AM on November 23, 2005

Best of the web. Yup, that's us!
posted by warbaby at 9:31 AM on November 23, 2005

Fuckwit

twat, wanker, idiot, tard, chadkroeger, chavs, cunt, dumbass, fucktard, muppet
posted by lalochezia at 9:37 AM on November 23, 2005

MetaFilter: Manos, you're a fuckwit.
posted by phaedon at 9:39 AM on November 23, 2005

Last person in the world you wanna fuckwit.

--Ice Cube
posted by milquetoast at 9:41 AM on November 23, 2005

I know Postroad never visits MetaTalk, but you'd think he'd at least say "Sorry!" in his own thread.
posted by languagehat at 9:43 AM on November 23, 2005

Thanks, and your flag has been recorded. Now redirecting back to the thread...
posted by Floydd at 9:45 AM on November 23, 2005

brownpau: That's quite the most beautiful thing I've seen since Tuesday. Thanks.
posted by benzo8 at 9:46 AM on November 23, 2005

That was really badass brownpau.
posted by eyeballkid at 9:50 AM on November 23, 2005

LH: Not only does Postroad not read MeTa, he apparenlty doesn't read MeFi.
posted by klangklangston at 9:53 AM on November 23, 2005

I disagree with your definition of badass.
posted by phaedon at 9:53 AM on November 23, 2005

posted by wakko at 9:56 AM on November 23, 2005

More partial to "Fuckwad" myself. Although neither Fuckwit or Fuckwad is very nice t'all in polite company Keswick. (Someone get the soap...)
posted by Skygazer at 9:57 AM on November 23, 2005

Seems like we keep hearing the same story over and over with this administration...
posted by LordSludge at 9:58 AM on November 23, 2005

Oh wait. Just checked this

Fuckwit is the right term. My bad.
posted by Skygazer at 10:00 AM on November 23, 2005

I tend to think that anyone who calls a stranger 'fuckwit' is a fuckwit. Including me, now.
posted by Kickstart70 at 10:01 AM on November 23, 2005

Well the adminstration are totally Fuckwads. And Fuckwits too. How excellent!! Both terms work now.

Got to go grab a train. Happy turkey day folks.
posted by Skygazer at 10:03 AM on November 23, 2005

Well at least we know y2karl and PP aren't the same person, maybe.
posted by Mitheral at 10:07 AM on November 23, 2005

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.. What I meant to say, was...


Was something wrong with the one from yesterday, ASSHAT?
posted by keswick at 10:13 AM on November 23, 2005

I prefer fuckhead.
posted by StarForce5 at 10:21 AM on November 23, 2005

I miss the marquee tag.
The blink tag just isnt as good.
posted by wakko at 10:22 AM on November 23, 2005

November 23rd, 2005 PDB: Fuckwit Determined to Attack MetaFilter, No Evidence Linking Him To Asshats in Farkistan.
posted by mr.curmudgeon at 10:25 AM on November 23, 2005

test
posted by mischief at 10:25 AM on November 23, 2005

MetaFuckwit: Enough with the blink tags already
posted by allen.spaulding at 10:30 AM on November 23, 2005

I prefer `elfwad`.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 10:30 AM on November 23, 2005

Does blink work on images? Apparently not...
posted by klangklangston at 10:30 AM on November 23, 2005

11 posts ago. Exact same wording, too.

Yes, but y2karl's was blockquoted. What about those of us who boycott blockquoted posts? Why can't we savor in Postroad's left justified glory?
posted by pardonyou? at 10:33 AM on November 23, 2005

posted by fire&wings at 10:33 AM on November 23, 2005

obligatory MetaFilter: Somebody's a fuckwit.
posted by quonsar at 10:34 AM on November 23, 2005

Lets get this pile on moving. I need some more funny pics to bluejack with!
posted by lemonfridge at 10:36 AM on November 23, 2005

Be it resolved, from this day, November 23, 2005, forward shall be forever known as International Fuckwit Day on Metafilter.
posted by strangeleftydoublethink at 10:39 AM on November 23, 2005

posted by If I Had An Anus at 10:42 AM on November 23, 2005

It is official. This post now has more comments than the original post. We are all such fuckwits.
posted by Phantast at 10:43 AM on November 23, 2005

'Dumb bag of cocks' works, too.
posted by NationalKato at 10:49 AM on November 23, 2005

ESTRAGON:
Wait.
VLADIMIR:
Yes, but while waiting.
ESTRAGON:
What about hanging ourselves?
VLADIMIR:
Hmm. It'd give us an erection.
ESTRAGON:
(highly excited). An erection!
VLADIMIR:
With all that follows. Where it falls mandrakes grow. That's why they shriek when you pull them up. Did you not know that?
ESTRAGON:
Let's hang ourselves immediately!
VLADIMIR:
From a bough? (They go towards the tree.) I wouldn't trust it.
ESTRAGON:
We can always try.
VLADIMIR:
Go ahead.
ESTRAGON:
After you.
VLADIMIR:
No no, you first.
ESTRAGON:
Why me?
VLADIMIR:
You're lighter than I am.
ESTRAGON:
Just so!
VLADIMIR:
I don't understand.
ESTRAGON:
Use your intelligence, can't you?
Vladimir uses his intelligence.
VLADIMIR:
(finally). I remain in the dark.
ESTRAGON:
This is how it is. (He reflects.) The bough . . . the bough . . . (Angrily.) Use your head, can't you?
VLADIMIR:
You're my only hope.
ESTRAGON:
(with effort). Gogo light—bough not break—Gogo dead. Didi heavy—bough break—Didi alone. Whereas—
VLADIMIR:
I hadn't thought of that.
ESTRAGON:
If it hangs you it'll hang anything.
VLADIMIR:
But am I heavier than you?
ESTRAGON:
So you tell me. I don't know. There's an even chance. Or nearly.
VLADIMIR:
Well? What do we do?
ESTRAGON:
Don't let's do anything. It's safer.
VLADIMIR:
Let's wait and see what he says.
ESTRAGON:
Who?
VLADIMIR:
Godot.
ESTRAGON:
Good idea.
VLADIMIR:
Let's wait till we know exactly how we stand.
ESTRAGON:
On the other hand it might be better to strike the iron before it freezes.
VLADIMIR:
I'm curious to hear what he has to offer. Then we'll take it or leave it.
ESTRAGON:
What exactly did we ask him for?
VLADIMIR:
Were you not there?
ESTRAGON:
I can't have been listening.
VLADIMIR:
Oh . . . Nothing very definite.
ESTRAGON:
A kind of prayer.
VLADIMIR:
Precisely.
ESTRAGON:
A vague supplication.
VLADIMIR:
Exactly.
ESTRAGON:
And what did he reply?
VLADIMIR:
That he'd see.
ESTRAGON:
That he couldn't promise anything.
VLADIMIR:
That he'd have to think it over.
ESTRAGON:
In the quiet of his home.
VLADIMIR:
Consult his family.
ESTRAGON:
His friends.
VLADIMIR:
His agents.
ESTRAGON:
His correspondents.
VLADIMIR:
His books.
ESTRAGON:
His bank account.
VLADIMIR:
Before taking a decision.
ESTRAGON:
It's the normal thing.
VLADIMIR:
Is it not?
ESTRAGON:
I think it is.
VLADIMIR:
I think so too.
Silence.
ESTRAGON:
(anxious). And we?
VLADIMIR:
I beg your pardon?
ESTRAGON:
I said, And we?
VLADIMIR:
I don't understand.
ESTRAGON:
Where do we come in?
VLADIMIR:
Come in?
ESTRAGON:
Take your time.
VLADIMIR:
Come in? On our hands and knees.
ESTRAGON:
As bad as that?
VLADIMIR:
Your Worship wishes to assert his prerogatives?
ESTRAGON:
We've no rights any more?
Laugh of Vladimir, stifled as before, less the smile.
VLADIMIR:
You'd make me laugh if it wasn't prohibited.
ESTRAGON:
We've lost our rights?
VLADIMIR:
(distinctly). We got rid of them.
Silence. They remain motionless, arms dangling, heads sunk, sagging at the knees.
ESTRAGON:
(feebly). We're not tied? (Pause.) We're not—
VLADIMIR:
Listen!
posted by 2sheets at 10:50 AM on November 23, 2005

OK, now that this has more comments than the real post I don't feel bad about pissing in it.

*psssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss*
posted by soyjoy at 10:51 AM on November 23, 2005

*ssssssssss..... sssssssssssssssssssss...... sssss*


*shakes*
posted by soyjoy at 10:52 AM on November 23, 2005

posted by If I Had An Anus at 10:55 AM on November 23, 2005

I can't wait until the Buy Nothing Day post on Friday.
posted by strangeleftydoublethink at 11:02 AM on November 23, 2005

Fuckwith here. I don't read this page nor the other site referred to as often as some of the lads and lasses out there so forgive me for not knowing the piece had been posted. Seems to me that no great harm was done because it repeats what had been up yesterday. Accept my apology, call me no names, and let us get on to all the fine posts that non-fuckwits will post to cover my grievous sins
posted by Postroad at 11:06 AM on November 23, 2005

The best part about this thread are the two (count 'em, two) posts which are actually about the FPP.

. . . those fuckwits.
posted by JeffK at 11:07 AM on November 23, 2005

Is something wrong with just linking to NFSW pics, puckerless?
posted by Likable Lefty at 11:07 AM on November 23, 2005