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RBHam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 12:21 PM
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Rumsfeld doing his "1984" Propaganda routine.
Information and false confessions gained through torture to further bolster the Myth of Al Qaeda...

And the Press Corpse laps it up.
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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 12:55 PM
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1. While I do not think
Al Qaeda is in any sense a "myth," I find Rumsfeld's performance to be nothing short of 1984-speak. He is incapable of telling the truth.
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The Stranger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 12:58 PM
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2. There may have been a Saxon king who led a revolt against the invading
Normans, however, the idea that he led a group of knights who met circling a round table, wielded a magical sword, and will one day return from the lake is utterly pure myth.
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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 01:48 PM
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3. "the walrus was Paul"
It was John.
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The Stranger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-15-05 07:48 AM
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4. Sorry not to spell it out for you, but --
Edited on Wed Jun-15-05 07:49 AM by The Stranger
it is the legend of King Arthur (a myth).
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