Wally's "THIS JUST IN! CONDI PLANS AUTOBIOGRAPHY!" and Cedric's "Condi plans book (humor)" is a joint-post. They will be doing joint-posts through the election because both are working in their areas to turn out the vote.
BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -- DC.
THIS JUST IN!
CONDI PLANS AUTOBIOGRAPHY!
SECRETARY OF STATE CONDI RICE CONTACTED THESE REPORTERS TODAY TO SHARE A FEW GIGGLES OVER THE FACT THAT, DESPITE HER ORIGINAL DENIAL OF MEETING WITH GEORGE TENENT ON JULY 10, 2001, "TURNS OUT I DID!"
SECRETARY'S RICE GIGGLE SEEMED NON-STOP.
FINALLY, SHE HAD TO STOP TO TAKE A BREATH.
"WELL YOU WERE IN MY OFFICE, YOU BOTH KNOW HOW BUSY I AM."
WHEN ASKED IF SHE'D GOTTEN ANY NEW CATALOGUES, SECRETARY RICE BEGAN LISTING THEM.
THEN SHE GOT TO THE POINT OF HER CALL.
"BULLY BOY SAYS I'M NOT BEING FIRED," SHE EXPLAINED, "BUT WITCHYPOO LAURA HAS HATED MY ASS FOR YEARS. SO I'M NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES. I JUST SIGNED A BOOK DEAL WITH HARPER COLLINS!"
SECRETARY RICE THEN TOLD US THE TITLE OF HER PLANNED OPUS: YOU KNOW WHAT? I SHOULD'VE GUESSED.
YES, AND SHE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN.
FROM THE TCI WIRE:
The month with the most known number of American wounded soldiers was April 2004 which had a total of 1213. Among those wounded in April 2004 was war resister Darrell Anderson who has turned himself in today at Fort Knox after self-checking out of the military in January 2005 when Anderson drove with his parents to Canada, through a snowstorm.
There, Anderson attempted to seek refugee status (which Canada has refused to grant any war resister thus far), worked odd jobs, met Gail Greer (who was working on a film about war resisters), dated her for a year, and then in February of 2006, Anderson and Greer married. This should have increased his chances for Anderson to remain in Canada (Greer is a Canadian citizen). A missed filing date by his attorney led to the refugee status claim going out the window.
Anderson was already floating the possibility of returning to the United States early this summer. Confirming this to Jim Warren (Lexington Herald-Leader), Anita Anderson (Darrell Anderson's mother) stated that she hoped he would remaing in Canada "because he's probably going to get sponsorship in Canada now that he is married to a Canadian girl. But he's constantly stressed out and worried, and he feels like he can't live out the rest of his life this way."
That feeling, the lack of medical help available to him as an immigrant (Anderson suffers from PST due to the roadside bombing), the lack of income (Anderson had no work-permit) and a desire to draw attention to the realities of the illegal war, led to Anderson deciding to return to the United States. Before turning himself in today, Anderson spoke with reporters. Brett Barrouquere (AP) reports that Darell Anderson stated, "I feel that by resisting I made up for the things I did in Iraq. I feel I made up for the sins committed in this war."
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