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Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :

Yes, since Watergate, every presidential scandal, even for those who were not even elected, get to have a "gate" after their names.

I posted yeterday, in the now huge 'where are the WMD's' thread, part of an article from Slate that gave it to Mr. Bush for his lie and his administration's handling of the aftermath of that lie. Today, I find, also in Slate, two interesting articles about what makes this lie from Mr. Bush such a scandal.

So Yellowcakegate gets it's own thread.

Read at your leisure.

Yellowcakegate I

Yellowcakegate II

Posted by Phoenix (Member # 966) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Jay the Obscure:
Yes, since Watergate, every presidential scandal, even for those who were not even elected, get to have a "gate" after their names.

We had a Cheriegate.

(Cherie is Tony's wife. She made friends with a conman or something.)

Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

Yellowcakegate III?

quote:
The officials, speaking to reporters at the Pentagon on condition of anonymity, say the so-called safeguards inspection will include an inventory and an assessment of the condition of some 500 metric tons of uranium "yellowcake" ore, previously stored under U.N. seal at Tuwaitha.

Okay, this stuff can be used to produce nukes, but we're going to leave 500 metric tons of it here because... um... we trust you guys?

Really, I'd love to hear the UN rationale for allowing Iraq to hold on to all this yellowcake.

Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

I thought this thread was about Twinkies.

Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :

Nobody said anything about this being Yellowcake-with-a-creamy-filling-gate, Simon. [Smile]

Pretty good Rob, two posts in and you're already off the topic.

Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

What... Isn't the topic about lies and coverups and misdirections concerning yellowcake in Iraq?

Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

The US dropped Twinkies on Iraq!?! Now that's INHUMANE!!

Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :

Rob, at the center of Yellowcakegate is the following quote by Mr. Bush:

"The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."

[ July 17, 2003, 06:53 PM: Message edited by: Jay the Obscure ]

Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

And the Brits continue to assert that this is indeed the case, despite the Niger forgeries, as they claim to have information left unshared with the US that substantiates this.

Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

Let's have the proof then.

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Sol: "I thought this thread was about Twinkies."

Grr, I have yet to try one. The best store for american foodstoughs in Stockholm is Gray's American Foodstore, but the manager couldn't import Twinkies because, according to him, they'd explode on the airplane overseas. [Confused]

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

"Silly customer! You cannot hurt a Twinkie!"

Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

Empirical evidence has shown me that Twinkies do indeed go stale, a concept that I had held in the same regards as Vulcans once did time travel.

Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

I don't actually like Twinkies. But they are Archetypal American Foodstuff, or so I hear on TV.

Posted by Cartmaniac (Member # 256) on :

They have not yet gone the way of the donut, which is currently vying for the lead with the Great Pyramids in the cultural icon race.

Posted by Wraith (Member # 779) on :

quote:
Grr, I have yet to try one. The best store for american foodstoughs in Stockholm is Gray's American Foodstore, but the manager couldn't import Twinkies because, according to him, they'd explode on the airplane overseas

And yet terrorists persist in using explosives. I assume that Twinkies will now be added to the prohibited articles list by the airlines.

Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

What is wrong with my signature, I wonder?

Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Hypothesis 1: I am a moron.

Posted by Daryus Aden (Member # 12) on :

Ya know...if it weren't for your towering intellect and other organal assets, I'd agree. [Smile]

Posted by Ultra Magnus (Member # 239) on :

Revival of the monstrous penis!

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

It took a lot of stimluation, but it has finally been accomplished.

Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :

Weren't those Christ's last words on the cross?

Posted by CaptainMike20X6 (Member # 709) on :

i think he said the "fuck" in there too..

Posted by Cartmaniac (Member # 256) on :

Jesus.

Cross.

Nails.

UP TEH BUTT!!

Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

Consumatum est...

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

I'm going to doubt he would have been speaking in Latin...

Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :

Romanes eunt domus!