What’s wrong with a little healthy anger? II

Here are some excerpts from U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in a talk he gave last week to the Council on Foreign Relations as reported by Reuters:

“The Pentagon chief said today's weapons of war included e-mail, Blackberries, instant messaging, digital cameras and Web logs, or blogs.

“’Our enemies have skillfully adapted to fighting wars in today's media age, but ... our country has not adapted,’ Rumsfeld said.

"’For the most part, the U.S. government still functions as a 'five and dime' store in an eBay world,’ Rumsfeld said, referring to old-fashioned U.S. retail stores and the online auction house respectively.

“U.S. military public affairs officers must learn to anticipate news and respond faster, and good public affairs officers should be rewarded with promotions, he said.

“The Pentagon's propaganda machine still operates mostly eight hours a day, five or six days a week while the challenges it faces occur 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Rumsfeld called that a ‘dangerous deficiency.’"

A “DANGEROUS DEFICIENCY” HE CALLS IT!

Well, who the hell has been in charge of the U.S. “propaganda machine” for the last six years? George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfeld, that’s who.

I recently saw a bumper sticker that expresses my feelings exactly: “If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention.”