Comments on: Hookergate hits home? http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:33:08 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: dearieme http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/comment-page-1/#comment-154898 dearieme Mon, 08 May 2006 14:13:15 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/#comment-154898 When Mr Blair says that Mr Straw is a "House of Commons man", it ain't praise. When Mr Blair says that Mr Straw is a “House of Commons man”, it ain’t praise.

]]> By: anthony http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/comment-page-1/#comment-154879 anthony Mon, 08 May 2006 10:23:03 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/#comment-154879 ive been working on getting the phrase metagate in currency, it doesnt seem to work ive been working on getting the phrase metagate in currency, it doesnt seem to work

]]> By: mykej http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/comment-page-1/#comment-154867 mykej Mon, 08 May 2006 07:00:58 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/#comment-154867 Hooker-GATE? Uhm, don't you know where he was banging the hookers? Why can't we drop the lame "gate" suffix for every scandal, and call this one by a better name: Watergate. Hooker-GATE? Uhm, don’t you know where he was banging the hookers? Why can’t we drop the lame “gate” suffix for every scandal, and call this one by a better name: Watergate.

]]> By: etat http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/comment-page-1/#comment-154645 etat Sat, 06 May 2006 13:56:18 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/#comment-154645 The idea that Straw was fired seems pretty silly next to reports like this: <blockquote> Thus Jack Straw discussed last year what he would do when he stopped globe-trotting ( nine years of non-stop crisis management at home and foreign offices) and told the premier that he wanted to be leader of the Commons. He calls himself "a parliamentarian to his fingertips" and it is true. Though it has come sooner than he hoped Straw will thrive, and parliament's status with him: he believes it is MPs job to irritate ministers and make their bills better.</blockquote> http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1768790,00.html It's as though the press cannot make up its mind, or that one side is spinning hopeful stories without knowing that someone else is speaking from some sounder basis. The idea that Straw was fired seems pretty silly next to reports like this:
Thus Jack Straw discussed last year what he would do when he stopped globe-trotting ( nine years of non-stop crisis management at home and foreign offices) and told the premier that he wanted to be leader of the Commons.

He calls himself “a parliamentarian to his fingertips” and it is true. Though it has come sooner than he hoped Straw will thrive, and parliament’s status with him: he believes it is MPs job to irritate ministers and make their bills better. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1768790,00.html

It’s as though the press cannot make up its mind, or that one side is spinning hopeful stories without knowing that someone else is speaking from some sounder basis.

]]> By: abb1 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/comment-page-1/#comment-154636 abb1 Sat, 06 May 2006 11:08:20 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/#comment-154636 All designed by Intelligent Agency... All designed by Intelligent Agency…

]]> By: Tim May http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/comment-page-1/#comment-154634 Tim May Sat, 06 May 2006 11:03:30 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/#comment-154634 Wikipedia lists 18 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_intelligence_agencies#United_States" rel="nofollow">United States intelligence agencies</a>, but 16 members of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Intelligence_Community" rel="nofollow">US Intelligence Community</a>, so that's probably what we want. You're missing: Defense Intelligence Agency; Marine Corps Intelligence Agency; National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; National Reconnaissance Office; Drug Enforcement Administration Intelligence Division; Coast Guard Intelligence; Department of Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis; Department of Energy Office of Intelligence; Bureau of Intelligence and Research (State Department); Office of Intelligence Support (Treasury). (Secret Service isn't on that list, though it is on the other one.) Wikipedia lists 18 United States intelligence agencies, but 16 members of the US Intelligence Community, so that’s probably what we want. You’re missing: Defense Intelligence Agency; Marine Corps Intelligence Agency; National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; National Reconnaissance Office; Drug Enforcement Administration Intelligence Division; Coast Guard Intelligence; Department of Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis; Department of Energy Office of Intelligence; Bureau of Intelligence and Research (State Department); Office of Intelligence Support (Treasury). (Secret Service isn’t on that list, though it is on the other one.)

]]> By: Jack http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/comment-page-1/#comment-154630 Jack Sat, 06 May 2006 08:43:39 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/#comment-154630 The BBC had a Mr. Bobbit talking about a mass exodus from the clandestine part of the CIA which had apparently left it crippled. That might also be a problem. The NYT article said that there were 16 intelligence agencies, can anyone name them all? I have, CIA, FBI, Secret Service(bodyguards), NSA, Army and presumably Navy and Airforce intelligence but that leaves another 9 agencies to go. The BBC had a Mr. Bobbit talking about a mass exodus from the clandestine part of the CIA which had apparently left it crippled. That might also be a problem.

The NYT article said that there were 16 intelligence agencies, can anyone name them all? I have, CIA, FBI, Secret Service(bodyguards), NSA, Army and presumably Navy and Airforce intelligence but that leaves another 9 agencies to go.

]]> By: Anderson http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/comment-page-1/#comment-154625 Anderson Fri, 05 May 2006 22:59:23 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/#comment-154625 <i>the family has no more reason to complain than if he was caught wanking off in the shower</i> I don't *think* I can get AIDS or syphillis from my shower. the family has no more reason to complain than if he was caught wanking off in the shower

I don’t think I can get AIDS or syphillis from my shower.

]]> By: abb1 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/comment-page-1/#comment-154624 abb1 Fri, 05 May 2006 22:06:41 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/#comment-154624 To be fair, though: those were <i>free</i> hookers; really, the family has no more reason to complain than if he was caught wanking off in the shower. To be fair, though: those were free hookers; really, the family has no more reason to complain than if he was caught wanking off in the shower.

]]> By: yoyo http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/comment-page-1/#comment-154621 yoyo Fri, 05 May 2006 21:42:25 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/#comment-154621 Who wouldn't want to spend more time with the family after being caught with hookers? Sounds like fun to me. Who wouldn’t want to spend more time with the family after being caught with hookers? Sounds like fun to me.

]]> By: KCinDC http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/comment-page-1/#comment-154619 KCinDC Fri, 05 May 2006 21:28:42 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/#comment-154619 Hmm, a Friday afternoon with the Kennedy and Goss stories going. I wonder what all the White House is dumping on the media today to be lost in the hubbub? Hmm, a Friday afternoon with the Kennedy and Goss stories going. I wonder what all the White House is dumping on the media today to be lost in the hubbub?

]]> By: abb1 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/comment-page-1/#comment-154617 abb1 Fri, 05 May 2006 21:12:03 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/#comment-154617 What, you never wanted to spend more time with the family? What, you never wanted to spend more time with the family?

]]> By: nick s http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/comment-page-1/#comment-154611 nick s Fri, 05 May 2006 20:10:10 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/#comment-154611 Good to see that the FBI background check on Goss ferretted all this out before his confirmation. Good to see that the FBI background check on Goss ferretted all this out before his confirmation.

]]> By: Anderson http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/comment-page-1/#comment-154602 Anderson Fri, 05 May 2006 19:38:25 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/#comment-154602 Will the chant of "Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy" drown this out? Maybe Rove picked up the phone & told Goss this was as good a day as he was likely to get. Will the chant of “Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy” drown this out? Maybe Rove picked up the phone & told Goss this was as good a day as he was likely to get.

]]> By: Barry Freed http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/comment-page-1/#comment-154598 Barry Freed Fri, 05 May 2006 19:07:56 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/05/hookergate-hits-home/#comment-154598 Hookers? These were professional working women they were shtupping. It's not like any interns were molested for Jeebus' sake. Nothing to see here. Move along.... Hookers? These were professional working women they were shtupping. It’s not like any interns were molested for Jeebus’ sake. Nothing to see here. Move along….

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