Monthly Archives: September 2007

Iraq on 9-11

Today’s Downsizer Dispatch . . .::::::Quote of the Day:::::::“Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.”:::– Otto Von Bismark::::::Subject: Iraq on 9-11::::::General Petraeus yesterday, and 9-11 today. Things are following their natural order in Iraq, and we are one day closer to the next terrorist attack in America.

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We report, you decide

Today’s Downsizer Dispatch . . .::::::Subject: Sean Hannity responds, kinda, sorta::::::Last night, during “Hannity & Colmes” on FoxNews, Sean Hannity got a sour look on his face and said something like the following . . . ::::::”Ron Paul won the text messaging poll after last night’s debate, but you may be surprised to hear who our focus groups said won.” (It was John McCain.)::::::We report this, it’s up to you to decide if it’s enough that Hannity acknowledged Ron Paul’s victory in the text messaging poll. Does it make up for the fact that he implied the night before that Paul supporters gamed the poll by calling in repeatedly?

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Ron Paul & Sean Hannity

Today’s Downsizer Dispatch . . .::::::Subject: Ron Paul and Sean Hannity::::::Please forward this message to concerned friends . . .::::::Ron Paul’s downsizing message won the support of 33% of the viewers who participated in the phone-in poll after the September 5th Presidential debate on FoxNews. ::::::Sean Hannity of FoxNews didn’t like that result, so he fibbed to his audience about it.

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Salad vs. Garbage

Today’s Downsizer Dispatch . . .::::::Quote of the Day:::::::“The difference between salad and garbage is timing.”:::– Dan Kennedy::::::Subject: Salad vs. Garbage::::::The above quote is worth stressing: “The difference between salad and garbage is timing.” One moment you have a salad, full of ripe and tasty potential, but wait too long to eat it and all you’ll have is garbage.::::::We want to serve you a beautiful salad. We want to avoid it becoming garbage. Timing is the key.

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The Accountability Project

Today’s Downsizer Dispatch . . .::::::Spread the Downsize DC message to those you know. Forward this message to others.::::::Quotes of the Day:

“It has been said that the intelligence agencies have to be right 100% of the time, and the terrorists only have to get lucky once. This explanation for the devastating attacks of September 11th, simple on its face, is wrong in its value, because the 9-11 terrorists were not just lucky once. They were lucky over and over again. When you have this repeated pattern of broken protocols, broken laws, broken communication, one cannot still call it luck. If at some point, we dont look to hold the individuals accountable for not doing their jobs properly, then how can we ever expect for terrorists to not get lucky again?”:::– Mindy Kleinberg, one of the Jersey Girls (of the 9-11 Families)

“There was plenty of intelligence. That intelligence was mismanaged. Instead of addressing that mismanagement we gave the intelligence community more money, more authority, and they’re less accountable. That’s ultimately going to prove catastrophic.”:::– Mike German, former undercover anti-terrorist agent for the FBI, famed Whistleblower, and author of “Thinking Like a Terrorist”

::::::Subject: The Accountability Project::::::These are perhaps the most important insights we would like to share, with as many people as possible . . .::::::1. The institution of government tends not to work . . . because it does not have to. ::::::2. The institution of government pays no real price for failure . . . instead, it usually rewards itself for failure.::::::3. Rewarding government for failure leads to a dangerous spiral of bigger and bigger disasters. ::::::These three observations, in a nutshell, sum up the practical case for Downsizing DC — the bigger government is the harder it fails. The rest is commentary.

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