Displaying 17,701 To 17,730 Of 18,974 Comments 30,000 Reasons to Leave Afghanistan Hard to find but there was this. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld » Posted By Kalima On December 1, 2009 @ 7:20 pm I know, I’m a good girl too. 🙂 » Posted By Kalima On December 1, 2009 @ 7:13 pm I take umbrage at the “brainyquote” part of the site address and must say, “You lie!!!!” » Posted By Kalima On December 1, 2009 @ 7:12 pm Try here. http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/d/donald_rumsfeld.html And then there was this head scratcher. ” Reports that say that something hasn’t happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know.” » Posted By Kalima On December 1, 2009 @ 7:03 pm Thanks for clearing that up. 🙂 Enjoy your meal. » Posted By Kalima On December 1, 2009 @ 5:53 pm It was as always a clear and precise speech from your President, I think that he covered everything. After all the RW teabagging hate and racism over the past few months, it was refreshing and comforting to see the sea of red, blonde, brown and black haired cadets, waiting to shake his hand. » Posted By Kalima On December 1, 2009 @ 5:41 pm That’s ok, they can’t even spell the words correctly anyway. » Posted By Kalima On December 1, 2009 @ 5:24 pm Not much yet being as our new know nothing PM has already said that Japan will only participate with upping the aid money which I find not to be the right course considering that there is a corrupt government in power and the money will not directly benefit the people who need it the most. » Posted By Kalima On December 1, 2009 @ 4:52 pm I definitely think that he could benefit from your advice, it’s a shame that he gets his advice from people who don’t have the wonderful and direct contact that you have with actual Afghan/Afghani (?) people. Thank you so much for always sharing their thoughts with us, I find it fascinating and greatly admire what you do. » Posted By Kalima On December 1, 2009 @ 4:42 pm Yes he is a politician and I don’t mean that his second term has not crossed his mind, I just feel his motives for a second term would be to fulfill his promises to the American people and not to rule the world as some wanted to in the past. » Posted By Kalima On December 1, 2009 @ 4:31 pm Afternoon bitohistory, how are you? Everyone fed except me. » Posted By Kalima On December 1, 2009 @ 4:12 pm I really think that he has thought long and hard about this, I don’t think that his second term would figure so prominently in his own mind about his decision, I can’t be so sure about the people who surround him. Like everything else he has promised and completely so far, I believe that he will always try to do the right thing, he is a man with a conscience after all. » Posted By Kalima On December 1, 2009 @ 4:11 pm Breaking News. “Obama intends to end Afghanistan war within three years, according to senior administration officials.” Good afternoon/evening to you all. » Posted By Kalima On December 1, 2009 @ 3:58 pm My hubby loves to play golf and is an avid watcher of TW’s games to ungodly hours in the morning. He will rarely give an opinion about any gossip mongering but today was quite PO when it reached the Japanese sports pages and just said, “What they hell has this got to do with golf?” » Posted By Kalima On November 30, 2009 @ 10:06 pm Your subtitle is just speculation, the same as the rest of the non stories out there. Quite frankly it’s really nobody’s business, just because someone is well known, doesn’t give anyone the right to push their noses into their private lives or think that we own them. I find the whole thing very unfortunate for the family and quite understand his anger when he told people to leave them alone. We as private citizens would want the same respect. As for Fluffington, they have to fill up the pages, their days of objective journalism and fact finding before they publish their speculative “Star” like slush, are long gone. » Posted By Kalima On November 30, 2009 @ 9:33 pm I’ve seen this before and then as now, the matching clothes and colours, made me feel quite nauseous. “Hey, would someone please pass the barf bag?” » Posted By Kalima On November 30, 2009 @ 6:33 pm Did anyone ever watch the film “Deathtrap” 1982 with Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve, based on the play by Ira Levin? Talking about Michael Caine, what about “Alfie” in 1966, making a bold statement about relationships in the “Swinging 60’s” of London. » Posted By Kalima On November 30, 2009 @ 11:52 pm Hello kesmarn, I hope that you are relaxing now. I’m off for a paddle in my bathtub and will check back later. Take care. » Posted By Kalima On November 30, 2009 @ 10:40 pm The absolute best and funnily enough, I never tire of watching them, the clothes of the 40’s were to die for, the jewelry too. Pass the smelling salts please! » Posted By Kalima On November 30, 2009 @ 6:39 pm I’m in love with the black/white films of the 30’s and 40’s. Loved the women, their hair, their clothes and for the most part, their feisty attitude. My idea of heaven would be to laze in bed and watch them until my eyelids start to droop and I fall asleep to dream that I’m Katherine Hepburn acting with Spencer Tracy in “Guess who’s coming for Dinner” impossible with constantly hungry furry ones, an all time favourite of mine even though it’s much later and not in black and white. » Posted By Kalima On November 30, 2009 @ 6:21 pm Yes we have seen it, great film. I think I have a copy on Beta, I know, I know. Will have to have many keepers dubbed to DVD soon but still own a working Beta video deck and 2 turntables for all the albums were brought over from our time in London before we moved here. » Posted By Kalima On November 30, 2009 @ 5:18 pm Good evening javaz. We enjoyed the film very much and loved both Jack N and Morgan Freeman in their roles. I never really listen to the critics about anything, I have a mind of my own and want to use it. » Posted By Kalima On November 30, 2009 @ 4:46 pm I watched “Schindler’s List” about 6 times and each time found something new that I had missed in the the first few times of watching. A truly brilliant film as you say. » Posted By Kalima On November 30, 2009 @ 4:33 pm I too miss the great films of yesterday, but especially the great British films I watched countless times without ever being bored. The 1969 Ken Russell film “Women in Love” adapted from the D.H. Lawrence novel of the same name. “The Music Lovers” in 1970 depicting the slide into the madness of Tchaikovsky. “The Go-Between” from a novel by J.P. Hartley 1970, shot on location in and around the place I grew up in after we moved to England and where my father still lives. The last two films I really enjoyed were “The Bucket List” and a little movie about the gap in the cultural understanding between an Indian couple who arrived in the States to start a new life and their son who was born in the States, “The Namesake.” I can’t remember the last time I was in an actual movie theater, the crowds are overwhelming in Tokyo. We wait for them to show on cable or sometimes receive DVD’s from the guy who is in charge of Warner Brothers here. Adding two more to my list. “The Constant Gardener” 2005 and “The English Patient” 1996. Really memorable film are few and far between, it really is such a shame. » Posted By Kalima On November 30, 2009 @ 4:24 pm LOL, from one bear to another, cheers! They have those quilted things with armholes here too but after falling in a heap every time the phone or doorbell rang, hopping like a 7 year old in a sack race and for those desperate trips to the little girl’s room which almost ended in disaster, I gave ours away to a homeless man I found sleeping with my cats in the garage one morning. Used to living in cold countries like Germany and England, I became an expert on layering. Two underpants, two long sleeved vests, leggings, two pair of sweats, two sweaters, two pair of socks and a wooly hat and that was just to get warm in bed. Here in Tokyo the winters are milder but we do get our moments when the chill hits the bones. Those times deserve a little extra padding and lots of hot cocoa with mini marshmallows floating on the top. Enjoy curling up with your good book, your soup and your quilt, enjoy bear time, because before we know it, the heat will be on us in full force to make us wish for the colder days of semi hibernation again. » Posted By Kalima On November 29, 2009 @ 6:59 pm Sorry I missed you BDM and yes, the sun goes down about the same time here too and hubby and I hibernate from the end of December to about the end February, the coldest time of the year over here. This year I discovered “Snuggies” on sale over here and although hubby insist he will not be walking around wearing a blanket with holes for his head and arms, I know he will be wearing his when the cold January winds start to seep into the cracks of our 30 year old house. I’m smiling as I think about it. 🙂 » Posted By Kalima On November 29, 2009 @ 3:03 pm It wasn’t supposed to be a lecture, just an observation, that’s all. » Posted By Kalima On November 28, 2009 @ 11:16 pm Ok so take your own photo of your soup, then nellie doesn’t have to search for one to add to your post, simple enough. » Posted By Kalima On November 28, 2009 @ 9:33 pm Yes I remember that view very well 😆 it was what I remember the most about the OG times. Amazing that we didn’t break anything or were permanently brain damaged. I seem to remember always falling either on my head or my shinny knees. My grandmother thought that my bones were made of rubber. » Posted By Kalima On November 29, 2009 @ 7:18 pm It was spot on Q, even if we can only do it standing on our heads. Well done fellow OG! » Posted By Kalima On November 29, 2009 @ 5:44 pmComments Posted By Kalima
I share his sentiment.
It was a very clever and page turning plot.
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