kallend 2,182 #1 December 5, 2006 today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-12-05T192402Z_01_N04192148_RTRUKOC_0_US-USA-GATES-CONGRESS.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsHome-C1-topNews-2 U.S. not winning in Iraq: Pentagon nominee Gates:... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #2 December 5, 2006 hmmmmm....reality. I don't know if we're ready for reality. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NCclimber 0 #3 December 5, 2006 This whole Iraq situation is like the guy who goes to Vegas, confident because he just read book he got online on card counting. Forty-eight hours later, he's lost all his cash and he owes the house every bit of equity in his house. And the dealer asks "what do you want to do?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,132 #4 December 5, 2006 >And the dealer asks "what do you want to do?" Good analogy. I can just imagine the gambler going to his friend and saying "I lost everything! My house, my car, my savings. I have to eat! What do I do now?" To which his friend says "hmm, you think you might have thought of that before you gambled it away?" "WHAT? I need a solution here and you're just laying blame! Why do you hate me so much? Maybe I should borrow more money and keep gambling; I'm bound to win eventually." "That seems like the same mistake you made before." "Oh, so you want to just 'cut and run?' You want me to LOSE?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #5 December 5, 2006 except that in this case the gambler is already using our money. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zipp0 1 #6 December 5, 2006 A truly honest assessment would say 'lost' not 'losing'. -------------------------- Chuck Norris doesn't do push-ups, he pushes the Earth down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,182 #7 December 5, 2006 QuoteA truly honest assessment would say 'lost' not 'losing'. It's a start, though, don't you think?... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
