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salinen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 10:56 PM
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Bolton was promissed
a reward for strongarming underlings to make the case for war through juggling the truth. In this administration, only good, loyal, liars and theives need apply.

Cheney
Rice
Rumsfeld
Bolton
Perle
Negroponte


All good criminals and reaping the best fruit for a corrupt job well done.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 10:58 PM
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1. Well, so far he's in the loss column.
Let's hope it stays that way. And where is the blivet in this equation?
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salinen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 11:01 PM
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3. what's a blivet?
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 11:10 PM
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5. This is a blivet, spread it far and wide!
blivet



/bliv'*t/ "ten pounds of manure in a five-pound bag"] 1. An intractable
problem.

2. A crucial piece of hardware that can't be fixed or replaced
if it breaks.

3. A tool that has been hacked over by so many incompetent
programmers that it has become an unmaintainable tissue of
hacks.

4. An out-of-control but unkillable development effort.

5. An embarrassing bug that pops up during a customer demo.

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countmyvote4real Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 11:52 PM
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9. So what about this?
bliv·et or bliv·it n

1. a collapsible rubberized bladder used to transport and store fuel and water in forward areas of a battlefield

2. something useless, pointless, or annoying (slang)

3. something whose name you do not know or cannot remember (slang)

Encarta® World English Dictionary © 1999 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 11:58 PM
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10. Oh my goodness, or.. no shit!
I had no clue! I have been referring to the blivet as such, but you sent me in another direction!
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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 11:14 PM
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7. Here's a picture (& descrip) I use the image on my business cards,
it engenders a LOT of double takes! :D
http://www.retrologic.com/jargon/B/blivet.html
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saracat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-27-05 12:02 AM
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11. Your "blivet " looks like the ENRON symbol!
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countmyvote4real Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 11:06 PM
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4. Strong opposition is the blivet we’ve been missing. n/t
Edited on Thu May-26-05 11:48 PM by countmyvote4real
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 11:23 PM
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8. No, I consider the current prez to be the blivet. nt
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neuvocat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 11:00 PM
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2. No honor among thieves.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 11:11 PM
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6. Don't forget he's also a PNACer
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