Five Years Ago Today

yustr · 05-01-2008, 09:12 PM

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

**Drew1369** · 05-02-2008, 02:37 AM

Yup, the invasion was successful... too bad the occupation has not been as successful

yustr · 05-02-2008, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Drew1369

...too bad the occupation has not been as successful

Drew wins the Understatement of the Year award.

**Chode** · 05-03-2008, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by yustr

Drew wins the Understatement of the Year award.

You said it! I feel like I should send him some kind of prize, but my wife needs a hip replacement, and shortfalls in our health insurance coverage coupled with the increasing costs of gasoline and food mean I just can't afford it

**Drew1369** · 05-03-2008, 07:27 PM

But the occupation has been better now... first hand from my friend who just got back... but the mission Bush was talking about was accomplished, now the current mission needs to be complete.

**Chode** · 05-04-2008, 03:47 PM

A mission a day keeps withdrawal away. I remember one of those tiresome corporate management workshops I took where the "facilitator" explained, "We never fail to meet our goals. We just redefine and reschedule them." Well it was crap then and it's crap now. You can play all the elementary school word games you want about the "old" mission versus the "new" mission, but the bottom line is that constantly redefining "success" isn't really the same thing as succeeding.

05-01-2008, 09:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
yustr Asst. Manager, The Conversation Pit Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Connecticut shore/California Desert Posts: 4,344 OS: PCLinuxOS, XP Pro My System	Five Years Ago Today MISSION ACCOMPLISHED __________________ I'm helping in the fight against Cancer, YOU CAN TOO find out how; CLICK HERE The conservative right is neither. (With apologies to the moral majority[sic])

05-02-2008, 02:37 AM	#2 (permalink)
Drew1369 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 1,854 OS: Vista Business	Re: Five Years Ago Today Yup, the invasion was successful... too bad the occupation has not been as successful __________________ Marge: We wouldn't be in this trouble if you'd just paid the heating bill! Homer: I thought global warming would take care of it! Al Gore can't do anything right!

05-03-2008, 07:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
Drew1369 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 1,854 OS: Vista Business	Re: Five Years Ago Today But the occupation has been better now... first hand from my friend who just got back... but the mission Bush was talking about was accomplished, now the current mission needs to be complete. __________________ Marge: We wouldn't be in this trouble if you'd just paid the heating bill! Homer: I thought global warming would take care of it! Al Gore can't do anything right!

05-04-2008, 03:47 PM	#6 (permalink)
Chode TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 554 OS: Windows XP Pro	Re: Five Years Ago Today A mission a day keeps withdrawal away. I remember one of those tiresome corporate management workshops I took where the "facilitator" explained, "We never fail to meet our goals. We just redefine and reschedule them." Well it was crap then and it's crap now. You can play all the elementary school word games you want about the "old" mission versus the "new" mission, but the bottom line is that constantly redefining "success" isn't really the same thing as succeeding. __________________ Sweet!