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Your Secretary of Defense wears combat boots.

Posted by The Man | July 14, 2005 | 07:21 am | Permalink
 

"Begging your pardon, sir....we need your tie for a tourniquette."

Posted by wavemaker | July 14, 2005 | 07:49 am | Permalink
 

Don showed up a little over-dressed for bomb retreival duty

Posted by bithead | July 14, 2005 | 07:52 am | Permalink
 

"Who let one rip? That's an unknown unknown, son."

Posted by Eric J | July 14, 2005 | 08:42 am | Permalink
 

"Yes, that rig would work in a crowd of yuppies, Mr. Secretary, but here it doesn't blend in with anything."

Posted by Russ | July 14, 2005 | 09:19 am | Permalink
 

Mr. Secretary, I already told you, you're going to have to eat MRE's because the prisoner banquet is for the prisoners.

Posted by Brandon Jaynes | July 14, 2005 | 09:24 am | Permalink
 

I'm thinkin we need more Cowbell....

Posted by sgtfluffy | July 14, 2005 | 09:29 am | Permalink
 

Son, I've got to piss like a Russian race horse. Get me a Koran ASAP!

Posted by T. Harris | July 14, 2005 | 09:59 am | Permalink
 

"Sir, the short list would be whips, hoods, leashes, shackles, fake menstrual blood, bras, panties, snarling dogs, a dancefloor and several cameras."

Posted by Rachel Edith | July 14, 2005 | 10:02 am | Permalink
 

Gunny: "What's the matter, Pansy Boy? Life in the Pentagon too tough for ya? You want Gunny to wipe yer nose for ya? Drop and gimme 20, Crybaby!"

Rumsfeld: "[sigh] I love you, Mom."

Posted by McGehee | July 14, 2005 | 10:41 am | Permalink
 

Sir, brown shoes do not go with that suit, sir. Also, no white after Labor Day, sir.

Posted by Will Franklin | July 14, 2005 | 11:12 am | Permalink
 

One of these things is not like the other ones, not like the other ones, not like the other ones...

Posted by Maniakes | July 14, 2005 | 12:17 pm | Permalink
 

This is the latest in combat businesswear: a kevlar asbestos matrix, with a stain-free coating. Not only does it protect you from IEDs and bullets, but your enemy's blood wipes off with a damp cloth! Just because you're at war doesn't mean you should give up looking good!

Posted by LJD | July 14, 2005 | 12:23 pm | Permalink
 

Rummy: "Is that a ceramic plate in your vest, or are you just happy to see me?"

Posted by Phil Smith | July 14, 2005 | 02:05 pm | Permalink
 

"Mr. Secretary, Valerie Plame is in my kevlar. You should see what the fella behind me is totin'."

Posted by Kenny | July 14, 2005 | 02:08 pm | Permalink
 

Rumsfeld seems like he should be the one with the kevlar vest.

Nice shoes Mr. Secretary.

Posted by jim | July 14, 2005 | 03:47 pm | Permalink
 

Rummy - "I hear a voice and I wish I didn't and in a minute I'm going to put my fingers in my ears and repeat 'la la la la la la la' for 5 minutes."

Posted by Hodink | July 14, 2005 | 05:08 pm | Permalink
 

Um, sir? XYZ, sir.

Posted by Lorg Skyegon | July 14, 2005 | 05:11 pm | Permalink
 

Mr. Secretary, with all due respect, your barn-door is open.

Posted by Scott_T | July 14, 2005 | 06:05 pm | Permalink
 

Sir, I know you brought your ass-kickin boots, but with all due respect, were late for the press conference.

Posted by Volltt | July 14, 2005 | 08:38 pm | Permalink
 

Casually wearing his combat boots, Rumsfeld hoped that the troops would accept him as "one of them," only in a suit that would cost "one of them" a month's pay.

Posted by Anderson | July 14, 2005 | 10:04 pm | Permalink
 

"Forget about the hummers, sir. After that meal, why aren't you uparmoring the latrines?"

Posted by Laurence Simon | July 14, 2005 | 10:16 pm | Permalink
 

"You ever spend time in a Turkish prison, son?"

Posted by Steven L. | July 14, 2005 | 10:23 pm | Permalink
 

Forget about Don't Ask...Don't tell sir!!!
I love you man!!!!

Posted by wheelz | July 14, 2005 | 11:07 pm | Permalink
 

Today will be a day long remembered. It has seen the death of Kenobi, and will soon see the end of the Rebellion

Posted by melvin toast | July 14, 2005 | 11:22 pm | Permalink
 

"Hey guys, you really think this cardboard cut-out of Rumsfeld will fool Zarqawi?"

Posted by Brian O'Neill | July 14, 2005 | 11:42 pm | Permalink
 

"Seriously Sir, there's no-one here for you to torture. You shouldn't believe everything Ted Kennedy says."

Posted by Brian O'Neill | July 14, 2005 | 11:59 pm | Permalink
 

"Are you feeling okay, Sir. That bull's horn must have hurt like hell."

Posted by Brian O'Neill | July 15, 2005 | 12:00 am | Permalink
 

"I'm sorry some of the guys shit in your shoes, Sir. It's just their way of saying 'Hi'."

Posted by Brian O'Neill | July 15, 2005 | 12:03 am | Permalink
 

"Don't worry Sir, lots of guys get the runs after their first meal here. We call it Baghdad belly."

Posted by Brian O'Neill | July 15, 2005 | 12:52 am | Permalink
 

Thinks: "Uh-oh! I hope I packed my Depends."

Posted by Brian O'Neill | July 15, 2005 | 12:53 am | Permalink
 

Thinks: "Now where the hell am I again? Looks like Iraq. Afghanistan? Have we invaded Iran yet? Where the hell am I?"

Posted by Brian O'Neill | July 15, 2005 | 12:55 am | Permalink
 

"Sir, why do I have wear the suicide vest?"

Posted by Brian O'Neill | July 15, 2005 | 12:56 am | Permalink
 

"Son, I've been through the desert on a horse with no name,
And that's why I'm standin' here - my ass is in pain."

Posted by Brian O'Neill | July 15, 2005 | 01:01 am | Permalink
 

"Son, if Brian O'Neill posts one more smart-aleck comment on here, I want you to go Abu Ghraib on his sorry ass, and that's an order!"

"Sir Yes Sir!"

Posted by Brian O'Neill | July 15, 2005 | 01:05 am | Permalink
 

"Sir . . . Uhhh . . . When you say you're in desperate need of a hummer, do you mean . . . ?"

Posted by Brian O'Neill | July 15, 2005 | 01:08 am | Permalink
 

Good! The emperor is not as forgiving as I am!

Posted by XK | July 15, 2005 | 01:23 am | Permalink
 

Rummy: I love the smell of molten sand in the morning...

Posted by spacemonkey | July 15, 2005 | 02:03 am | Permalink
 

"Well, Sir, first of all we tickle them with a feather. If that doesn't work, we turn on the Aguillera. If that doesn't do the trick, then we get Lindsey Lohan to rub her boobies up against them."

"Now THAT is downright fiendish! Hah! You know Son, I almost feel sorry for those bastards. They don't stand a chance against The Great Satan!"

Posted by Brian O'Neill | July 15, 2005 | 02:29 am | Permalink
 

"Where the hell are my shoes!?"

"Don't worry Sir. We've got Veronica Mars on the case!"

Posted by Brian O'Neill | July 15, 2005 | 03:04 am | Permalink
 

"Sorry, Sir. Ok, so you are not seeking comfort food but comfort. Over here we call it something else and that would be available at the second tent on your right."

Posted by Hermoine | July 15, 2005 | 09:28 am | Permalink
 

Rumsfeld (L)
"Son, remain nonchalant. David Hume Kennerly, the Pulitzer Prize winning photographer, is taking our picture and it could make us famous."

Miller (R)
"Sir, I'm already more famous than I care to be."

Posted by Hermoine | July 15, 2005 | 04:26 pm | Permalink
 

"Nothing personal, sir, but you are ugly and your mother does dress you funny."

Posted by Rachel Edith | July 16, 2005 | 10:02 am | Permalink
 

"Our weapons are useless against the spacecraft, sir. There's some sort of force field protecting the hull."

Posted by Thom | July 16, 2005 | 11:33 am | Permalink
 

...and after we tie their hands behind their backs sir, we lead them to their cells where we have half-clad, 19 year old, female personnel do a lap dance on them to "torture" and "degrade" them...but I'm sure you wouldn't be interested.

Rummy: Carry on, son. If they can take it, I can.

Posted by Timmer | July 16, 2005 | 02:42 pm | Permalink
 

"Sorry sir, but CONDIS' leather dominatrix outfit...
did a little bit more for me."

Posted by Jufray | July 16, 2005 | 10:58 pm | Permalink
 

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