passing_the_blame kx21 Classic spin around the bureaucratic_walls... 040414 ... silentbob everyone does it. i try not to. i am guilty too. no one should do it. people should take responsibility for their own actions, and for the consequences. or people should realize its no ones fault. and that it doesn't matter. and blaming something on someone else isn't going to solve it or make it go away or make it any better 040414 ... kx21 The mystery of Poor Sheep... 040414 ... ??? Memo: Iraq Abuse Was 'Vigilante Justice' 20 minutes ago 040511 ... ... Lt. Col. Jerry L. Phillabaum, commander of 320th Military Police Battalion, leveled the allegation in a rebuttal to charges against his leadership of the 320th... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040511/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_beatings&cid=540&ncid=1480 040511 ... ... Given that "Managing" Soldier / Sheep is the Prime Responsibility of Commander / Tiger... 040511 ... kx21 *** * The Graces from Heaven *** Taguba Cites Mismanagement in Iraq Abuse 32 minutes ago 040511 ... i WASHINGTON - The Army general who first investigated prisoner abuse in an Iraqi prison told Congress on Tuesday the mistreatment resulted from faulty leadership, a "lack of discipline, no training whatsoever and no supervision" of the troops. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040511/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_prisoner_abuse&cid=542&ncid=1473 040511 ... Pentagon - Inspector General The_fault_of_Few_'Bad_Eggs' 040627 ... sab like passing wind 040627 ... An "amazing" newslink A Battle Over Blame Newsweek Aug. 9 issue http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5569687/site/newsweek/ Rumsfeld may be rebuked by his own commission investigating prison abuse 040801 ... czmember i_know_i_shouldnt, but i_still_do 040801 ... An "amazing" newslink * The "Shots" in Najaf * U.S. Expects a Role in Najaf, but Says Iraq Calls the Shots August 22, 2004 ASHINGTON, Aug. 21 - Senior officials in the Bush administration have said all week that the decision to confront Moktada_al_Sadr and his fighters in Najaf, and to use military force if necessary, will be made by Prime Minister Ayad Allawi and his government and by them alone. 040822 ... 22 August 2004. "It's a problem that the Iraqi government is working to solve," Scott McClellan, the White House spokesman, said Thursday. "They are the ones that are in charge of resolving this situation in Najaf." http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/22/politics/22policy.html 040822 ... 22 August 2004 NAJAF, Iraq - Explosions and gunfire shook Najaf's Old City on Sunday in a fierce battle between U.S. forces and Shiite militants, as negotiations dragged on for the handover of the shrine 1 hour, 33 minutes ago 040822 ... Yahoo! Search U.S. Plane Attacks Najaf Rebels as Tanks Near Shrine Reuters - 17 minutes ago 040822 ... FloydianSlip He said that he doesn't think I'm the one with the problem between his family and their problem with me. That made me happy. 040822 ... 25 August 2004 OOps.... Fresh_and_Green Spice of Passing the Blame:- Italy prepared to pull troops out of Iraq if Baghdad government asks: FM 16 minutes ago 040825 ... Be on Notice: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040826/ts_afp/iraq_italy_hostage&cid=1503&ncid=1480 speaking just hours ahead of the expiry of a deadline set by Baldoni's captors, a group calling itself the Islamic Army in Iraq, for Italy to withdraw its 3,000 troops from Iraq:- "We are ready to pull out of Iraq, even tomorrow, if the government of Mr (Iyad) Allawi asks us." said Frattini (Foreign Minister / Italy) 040825 ... pete "the first rule of the industry," he said, "is not to blame anyone." ironic, as half an hour before he tagged me with the blame. 040826 ... 19 Oct 2004 *** * Major_flu_shot_shortages *** 041019 ... x) knili (: 041019 ... y) and z) * Fresh_and_green Random_dot * 041019 ... . John_Kerry blames George_W_Bush for turning health care into a "lottery" ... . A new Democrat TV ad calls the shortage a "George Bush mess" and Mr Kerry told a Florida rally that the president's health care plan was "don't get sick". http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3756976.stm 041019 ... 1227 US Airways blames workers for delays 2004 3:01 AM ET 041227 ... . "With flight attendant sick calls almost three times higher than normal and abnormally high sick calls from ramp workers at Philadelphia, our network ground to a halt," US Airways chief executive officer Bruce R. Lakefield said in a recorded telephone message on a company hotline. "... So we canceled hundreds of flights, delayed thousands of bags, and irritated our passengers." 041227 ... OOps... The Bug / Buck Stop at Bush... 041227 ... Given The_fault_of_Few_'Bad_Eggs' 041227 ... Given The_Mind_of_United_States 041227 ... and (to_be_precise) The_Mind_of_United_States:- 041227 ... * b_u_l_l_y__t_h_e__p_o_o_r_'S_h_e_e_p' b_e_a_t__around_and_across_the_B_u_s_h_ and l_a_s_t___b_u_t__n_o_t__l_e_a_s_t_ b_u_r_y__the_f_a_c_t_and_T_r_u_t_h 041227 ... Moment_of_truth http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6760036/ 7:42 p.m. ET Dec. 27 (1227), 2004 ATLANTA - The cancellation of 1,100 Christmas Day flights by Comair because of computer troubles is prompting calls for more investments in backup systems and other technologies to prevent further groundings and damage to an already struggling industry. 041227 ... The Graces From Heaven "Obviously, the airlines have become way too dependent on computers," said Terry Trippler, an airline industry expert in Minneapolis. "Imagine a computer glitch and all the Wal-Mart stores across the country shut down, (founder) Sam (Walton) would come out of his grave." 041227 ... 1162005 * A Twist_and_Turn of Pepsi_Folklore * Americans backed the Iraq war at the ballot box, Bush says 1:32 PM ET 050116 ... ... i_did_not_have_'sexual_relations'_with___... 050116 ... falling_alone seems like the favourite phrase of our art class is "i didn't do it" "it was like that already" 050117 ... 2112005 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6949859/ MOSUL, Iraq - United_States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld flew into Iraq on Friday to inspect U.S.-trained Iraqi security forces and said they must accept responsibility for defeating the country’s insurgents. 2:41 a.m. ET 050211 ... http "that Iraqis, not Americans, would have to defeat the continuing insurgency." www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iraq11feb11,1,3590973.story?coll=la-headlines-world&ctrack=1&cset=true 050211 ... stork daddy could you pass the gravy after that? 050211 ... WMD * 312005 * 050301 ... U.S. Serious human_rights abuses occurred under the interim Iraqi government installed by the United_States after the overthrow of Saddam_Hussein, including torture, illegal detention by police and forced confessions, according to a State Department report. 050301 ... Google News http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/03/01/news/rights.html 050301 ... 4 hours ago Finger-pointing in Schiavo case begins 3312005 050331 ... Schiavo Case http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4903818,00.html Key Dates in Terri -Feb. 25, 1990: Schiavo collapses in her home... 050331 ... Bush - March 19 2005: Congressional leaders from both parties agree on a bill that would allow a federal court to review the case and prolong Schiavo's life. - March 20- 3212005: Congress passes the bill after members scramble to return to Washington for an early morning vote. United_States President signs the bill outside his White House bedroom.... 050331 ... 12 hours ago * a_wrong_war_in_21k * US spies were 'dead wrong' on Iraq 412005 050401 ... Bush in their assessment of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, an independent presidential commission report has found... 's Fresh_and_green Pepsi_folklore... 050401 ... 12 hours ago * 5192005 * Bush (War_president / Commander_in_Chief )'s Pepsi_Folklore:- 050519 ... Bush Admits 'Incompetent' Civilian US Personnel in Iraq... 050519 ... after "that the civilian US personnel in charge of restructuring of Iraq the war are incompetent, and that from now ... " 050519 ... 1072005 New Zealand Herald - 2 hours ago 051007 ... Bush (War_president / United_States): God told me to invade Iraq 051007 ... BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4320586.stm 051007 ... ?x b_e_a_t__around_and_across_the_B_u_s_h_... 051127 what's it to you? who go blather from