Condi: "It's not an increase, it's an augmentation." Huh?

[bif]

Boy their spin is totally out of control these days. What a bunch of bullshit. Just how stupid do they think we are?

[elehhhhna]

1. it's a breast enlargement on the teat of democracy, silly.

[gratuitous]

8. I think it's a tushie implant

After all, this administration is composed of the biggest asses on the planet.

[AndyA]

2. Condi, that's nothing but spin. Pure, 100% BULLSHIT.

In the words of Dick Cheney, "GO F*CK YOURSELF."

[closeupready]

3. Either that, or it's contempt for democracy...?

It's something, but it's not right, and people are sick of it.

[Turbineguy]

4. And Kathrine Harris

got a breast surge.

[Loge23]

5. Look on the bright side...

...she has completely eliminated herself as being fit any elected office.

[subterranean]

6. Let's consult the Merriam-Webster Dictionary

augment vb: ENLARGE, INCREASE

[bif]

7. Nice.

You nailed it!

[elehhhhna]

10. yep sweet.

Welcome to DU!:hi:

[formercia]

9. Just remember, Condi

It's not what you have, but how you use it.

Oh sorry, I forgot....

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. No, they are 'plussing up' - it's a 'plus-up'

Seriously, that's the latest jargon they're using:

The Pentagon wants to plus up Marine Corps end strength by 22,000 leathernecks within five years, Defense Secretary Robert Gates has announced.

http://www.marinetimes.com/news/2007/01/MCendstrength070111/

GENERAL PACE: Being stretched is part of the equation, but it does not impact the recommendation about how many troops are needed. We have sufficient capacity inside the U.S. Armed Forces to be able to do this plus-up. But we should not -- we must be mindful of the fact that our active forces have been rotating in and out at about one year in, one year out. And our Guard and Reserve forces have been going in at about one year and coming out for about five. The total force mix of the United States the Secretary talked about is available to solve this problem in Iraq and also to handle any other problems. So it very much is on our mind as far as how we resource this plus-up.

http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2007/78603.htm

Doubleplusgood, I say. :evilgrin:

I could think of another 4 letter word to proceed 'up' that would fit quite well there, though.

[LeftishBrit]

12. Reminds me of the late Prime Minister Anthony Eden's notorious comment on the Suez affair

"We are not at war with Egypt - we are in an armed conflict."

[bif]

13. And remember:it's not a Civil War in Iraq, it's sectarian violence!

[Fleshdancer]

14. dictionaries are our friends Condi

aug·ment
–verb (used with object) 1. to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase: His salary is augmented by a small inheritance.
2. Music. a. to raise (the upper note of an interval or chord) by a half step.
b. to double the note values of (a theme): In the fugue's development the subject is augmented.

3. Grammar. to add an augment to.
4. Heraldry. to grant an augmentation to (a coat of arms).
–verb (used without object) 5. to become larger.


:eyes:

I'm sooo glad the future of our country is in the hands of people like her. :sarcasm:

[goforit]

15. The terminology of Condi.....pathetic!!!!

[Mrs. Ted Nancy]

16. How long is she going to take the heat for *

She is the only non-military person going in front of the senate and getting drilled for the * debacle in Iraq.

Of course, she deserves it for her complicity in this tragedy.

Anyone with a brain knew she wouldn't be able to stand up to Cheney and Rumsfeld and tell * he was a warmongering son of a bitch. Her ineptitude has caused thousands of lives to be lost.

How she lives with herself is a mystery.

[Hoosier Dem]

17. She goes shoe shopping and feels all better!!!

[Karenina]

18. That's "l'augmentation" in French...

courtesy Tocqueville:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x3105343

[KitchenWitch]

19. They are paying their spin people WAY too much!

[Supersedeas]

20. It's also not a U.S. plan -- it is an Iraqi plan. LOL

[NewJeffCT]

21. she stole my word - augmentation

from my letter to my Congressman (Joe Courtney) and to my sane Senator (Chris Dodd)
>> <snip>
Last summer, during Operation Together Forward II, ithe military augmented their troop presence in Baghdad by redeploying soldiers from other places in Iraq to Baghdad. <snip>
<<<

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=3093739&mesg_id=3094124

I had used augment because I had "increase" like a zillion times in the email, so I looked up synonyms for increase.

[bif]

22. They steal all the good words.

Bastards!