Rumsfeld the Poet?!?!?

I guess i really should cut him some slack, now that the man's out of the House (in the least rap way of saying that as possible) and, well, probably getting a good deal sitting on the board of some defence-based company somewhere. However, a news article just caught my eye: Rumsfeld MAY face war crim charges. The beauty of it this time?

Mr Rumsfeld's resignation, on November 8, meant he could no longer claim the immunity sovereign officials enjoyed from international prosecution for war crimes, the CCR said. (taken from here)

Sweet justice, mummy would say. In any case, this post didn't start off wanting to put Rumsfeld in jail. It was actually to expose the romantic side of him, the side noone really sees. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Donald Rumsfeld is a poet. Taken from the official transcripts of the Defence website, i bring you:

The Unknown
As we know,
There are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.
We also know
There are known unknowns.
That is to say
We know there are some things
We do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns,
The ones we don't know
We don't know.

—Feb. 12, 2002, Department of Defense news briefing

taken from here
*claps all round*
Gosh... all it needed was a guy on the bongos, a black beret, snazzy goatee and a pair of john-lennonesque sun glasses. Actually, there's something in the repeating of phrases that is somewhat reminiscent of George W. Bush. I couldn't resist, i decided to see if he was a poet too.

MAKE THE PIE HIGHER

I think we all agree, the past is over.
This is still a dangerous world.
It's a world of madmen and uncertainty
And potential mental losses.

Rarely is the question asked
Is our children learning?
Will the highways of the Internet
Become more few?

How many hands have I shaked?
They misunderestimate me.
I am a pitbull on the pantleg of opportunity.

I know that the human being
And the fish can coexist.
Families is where our nation finds hope, where our wings take dream.

Put food on your family!
Knock down the tollbooth!
Vulcanize society!
Make the pie higher!
Make the pie higher!

taken from here
*clap*
Well, so maybe not as profound, and maybe someone had to string all those quotes together. But fair effort still.

Moving on from George W. Bush, if you've ever wondered if humans can mate with other animals, the answer is here

Do you wanna know? wanna know? i'm warning you... i'm gonna write about it.. if you rather not know, stop reading.

The answer is..... a resounding NO. Apparently once you've drifted too far off the evolutionary scale, you're on your own... I guess some people might use that to justify racism in the past. "Oh, he doesn't look anything like me.. Maybe i can't mate with him. Better kill him then. " okay, so maybe not. In any case, pig-man and ape-man are scientifically impossible. (Not that scientifically impossible things have not been done before) I mean, you can still have sex with the animal, just that you won't have viable offspring.

Haha.. my mind is filled with useful information today. =)