White House no longer calling for surge. The new phrase is "plus up."

[Poiuyt]

Even Kyra Phillips had to laugh at that one

[hatrack]

1. Huh?

That's not even English. "Plus up"?

[SpiralHawk]

56. Doubleplusungood Doublethink

BushCo has jumped the shark.

[On the Road]

61. Sounds Like Japanese English

[acmavm]

2. WTF?? Is this for real?

edit: The more resistance they get, the more frigging obtuse and ridiculous they get.

Let's hear old Tony define this one.

[ShortnFiery]

3. WTF is "plus up"?

I'm getting tired of the CUTE terminology. :grr:

[Norquist Nemesis]

10. Another feeeeeel-good word for escalation

We'd better check on any acronyms though. The Pentagon might just have created this one to replace FUBAR. *wink*

[rebel with a cause]

48. plus sizes

size 16 and up. Does 'plus up' mean 16,000 troops and up.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

59. delete

deleted due to dumbness.
:(

[thereismore]

4. he* needs a good dressing down. nt

[Norquist Nemesis]

5. LOL! That's just a little to close to some other terms

Fuck up comes to mind first.

:rofl:

[Tanuki]

18. B*sh and Cheney can go "plus" themselves! n/t

[Marie26]

6. Double plus ungood.

Is this a joke?

[annabanana]

19. My first thought exactly!

This one HAS to be too stupid to fly. . .

[Lerkfish]

36. exactly what I thought: That's double plus ungood.

[Kelly Rupert]

54. CRIMETHINKFUL UNBELLYFEELER!

MINILOVE WATCH UNGOODTHINK.

[LSK]

7. did you see the leaked plan???

It said:

"Victory will be achieved. We will defeat the enemy. Then the troops will come home when we have won".

[aquart]

32. Did they specify WHO the enemy is this week?

[LSK]

39. Insurgents or Terrorists, depending on the day of the week

[rebel with a cause]

64. What happened to the outlaws?

Wasn't that the latest? Or was that just a one-time thing and it didn't fly? :shrug:

[LiberalEsto]

8. Plus up?

or F*ck up?

[tnlefty]

23. Yeah, like 'plussed up'...

Plussed up misAdministration, with many plussed up policies thus far, is proposing another plussed up idea.

[radfringe]

9. double good plus up?

someone has been reading 1984 again - or did bush finally get through the illustrated comic version?

[underpants]

11. I noticed this morning that there was a "Shuffle" in the Generals in Iraq

No general shopping oh no it was a "shuffle"

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

12. Sounds like a new kind of bra.

[Bake]

13. What's next? Cowboy up?

It's still E-S-C-A-L-A-T-I-O-N no matter what they call it.

Bake

[Lone_Star_Dem]

14. Back in early 2004 didn't they use that term?

It was in the context of no "plus up" is needed to stem the surge of violence. Which as we all know was a fuck up on their part.

[Norquist Nemesis]

25. YES! FABULOUS CATCH! From DefenseLink...

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Apr2004/n04052004_200404055.html

No 'Plus-Up' Planned for Troop Levels in Iraq
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, April 5, 2004 – U.S. Central Command officials are studying all aspects of the recent surge of violence in Iraq, and believe they are prepared to counter it. The command has not requested any additional forces for operations in Iraq.

A senior command official, speaking on background, discussed the violence in Iraq and said the command is concerned about the threat that Muqtada al-Sadr's militia, the Mahdi Army, poses.

Iraq is calmer today, but the command again is studying the situation in the country. "We are always in the business of planning, and we always plan worst- case scenarios," he said. "And clearly if this thing got out of control over there, we would have to start looking at the number of forces that we have in theater and whether they were adequate to meet our needs."

The official hastened to point out that all believe there are enough American forces in Iraq to handle the situation now. "In fact, we have more forces right now in Iraq than we had … three or four months ago," he said. Troops are rotating into Iraq and redeploying out. There are now about 134,000 U.S. service members in the country, compared to 120,000 in November.
...

So it really IS a Pentagon term. Hmmm...wonder if it's an acronym for anything.

[NewJeffCT]

15. Did the poll numbers on "surge" start dropping?

They never do anything without consulting Frank Luntz first, do they?

[bobbolink]

16. *THE* phrase is "ESCALATION" Use it. ^_^

:hi:

[npincus]

17. HAR HAR... isn't that a hair-growth formula?

[annabanana]

27. or another ED cure. . lol.. . . n/t

[npincus]

31. HAR HAR.... that's great! and Rep. Boehner should introduce it

on the Floor... or just "bring it up" in casual conversation!

:rofl:

[blogslut]

20. Plus Up?

LAME

[Gold Metal Flake]

21. Fuck up?

SNAPU: Situation normal, all plused up.

Or you can say screw up for radio. Foul up. The Bush Screw Up plan.

They are bankrupt of ideas. This one is too easy to ridicule.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

58. Right. PUBAR.

Plussed Up Beyond All Recognition

[WorseBeforeBetter]

60. Ha! And it fits on a bumper sticker..

just like ITMFA.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

22. "Plus up to thousands more dead!"

Is it a legitimate military term or more Rovian bullshit? A quick Google returned:

"No 'Plus-Up' Planned for Troop Levels in Iraq"

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Apr2004/n04052004_200404055.html

"President Proposes Modest Near-Term And Major Long-Term Plus-Up For Defense"

http://www.csbaonline.org/4Publications/Archive/U.19990201.President_Proposes/U.19990201.President_Proposes.htm

[Ron Green]

24. Reminds me of when Reagan, in referring to the bogus "nuclear disarmament" talks of that era,

would use the term "build down." Anybody remember that linguistic gem?

[Deep13]

26. New Lane Bryant ad campaign?

:shrug:

[fasttense]

40. That's what I thought. Plus-up - a new "large" woman's size?

Sounds very feminine.

[rebel with a cause]

50. You and me too

The first thing I thought of was plus sizes.

[LeftCoast]

28. They'll plus this up just like everything else they've done

The whole Bush team is nothing but a bunch of plus ups. :)

[unpossibles]

29. ok. And I don't want to impeach anyone, just throw them in jail, otherwise known as

"unliberate their mobility"

[aquart]

30. How many hours did they spend on that? I give it a minus down.

[Rosemary2205]

33. Busting out laughing.

What a bunch of tools. :)

[kath]

34. "Lyndon Johnson told the nation, "Have no fear of escalation. I am trying

everyone to please.
Though it isn't really war,
We're sending fifty thousand more,
To help save VietNam from the Viet Namese."

Thanks to Tom Paxton!
http://www.mydfz.com/Paxton/lyrics/ljttn.htm

[rebel with a cause]

53. Oh, but this isn't

another Vietnam. :sarcasm:

[LSK]

35. who wants to bet they spent more time on a slogan

Than an actual plan???

[npincus]

37. Mmmm... this macho military man-speak gets me HOT and bothered...

or is it Global Warming?

[krispos42]

38. 'Plus-up' was mentioned in 2004

No 'Plus-Up' Planned for Troop Levels in Iraq
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, April 5, 2004 – U.S. Central Command officials are studying all aspects of the recent surge of violence in Iraq, and believe they are prepared to counter it. The command has not requested any additional forces for operations in Iraq.

A senior command official, speaking on background, discussed the violence in Iraq and said the command is concerned about the threat that Muqtada al-Sadr's militia, the Mahdi Army, poses.

Iraq is calmer today, but the command again is studying the situation in the country. "We are always in the business of planning, and we always plan worst- case scenarios," he said. "And clearly if this thing got out of control over there, we would have to start looking at the number of forces that we have in theater and whether they were adequate to meet our needs."

The official hastened to point out that all believe there are enough American forces in Iraq to handle the situation now. "In fact, we have more forces right now in Iraq than we had … three or four months ago," he said. Troops are rotating into Iraq and redeploying out. There are now about 134,000 U.S. service members in the country, compared to 120,000 in November.

(boldface mine)

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[A-Schwarzenegger]

41. How about "PRE-REVERSE DECREASE".

[Connie_Corleone]

42. Is that the size in between X-Large and XX-Large??

[bdamomma]

43. plus up??? this is what Rove does all day? making up one

liners, what a bunch of idiots. Plus Up, sounds like a nutrition drink! what idiots, why don't they just call it ESCALATION.

Or is that term to obsolete for them to use.

[Javaman]

44. wasn't there something like that in 1984?

part of new speak? like double plus good?

[we can do it]

45. I Thought It Was "Fuck-Up"

[C_U_L8R]

46. They are at a loss for words

same old shit... new tagline

[Little Wing]

47. Would you like to Supersize your Happy War for only 139 Billion more?

Oh, yes please!

[peace13]

49. My car has three pedels...

A brake, a clutch and a plus-up-erator. These guys have got to be doing drugs!

[Kelly Rupert]

51. Now there's some newspeak.

MINIPAX WEDNESDAY DECLARE DOUBLEPLUSGOOD CURRENT EURASIA VICTORY PLAN.
MINIPAX PLUSUP EURASIA WAR
PLAN BRINGING UNSLOW VICTORY

[k8conant]

52. How about Plus-Down-and-Out?

This is totally PUBAR.


:kick:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

55. Plus up? Yeah, bend over and get "plussed"

What the plus?

[Armstead]

57. I guesss they've been reading Orwell -- Double Plus Good

[Blaze Diem]

62. in Bush country it also is stated as "Cowboy Up"

eeeeeehhhhhaaaawwwwwww !!!

[hatrack]

63. A big Plus-Up KICK

:puke:

[atommom]

65. ... because it was the WORD that was the problem, not the concept

of sending more Americans to fight a losing war.

:banghead:

goddamndoubleplusthoughtcrimes...

[HuffleClaw]

66. yer kidding.

please tell me yer kidding.

my CAT could think of a better one than that.