tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post2165617914554824775..comments2024-03-29T14:03:27.321+02:00Comments on Dispatches from Vilnius: The Rum(sfeld) DiaryJames Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-11422817452352961022010-12-15T11:26:35.633+02:002010-12-15T11:26:35.633+02:00I'm surprised anyone would want to be near Che...I'm surprised anyone would want to be near Cheney on a hunt. <br /><br />No, Robert, no advance copy nor do I plan on reading it. The guy is an ass as far as I'm concerned. A convivial one perhaps, but an ass just the same.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-10335941833931936072010-12-15T06:10:11.909+02:002010-12-15T06:10:11.909+02:00With any luck they can take each other out.With any luck they can take each other out.JAbelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594625881177704355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-38369375104571131272010-12-15T05:32:47.920+02:002010-12-15T05:32:47.920+02:00Harrumph..... Montana is a big state but it's ...Harrumph..... Montana is a big state but it's not _that_ big.<br /><br />(The fear around Twin Bridges I read today is that he might invite Dick Cheney to come hunting.....)avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-58020390803890450842010-12-15T04:06:38.475+02:002010-12-15T04:06:38.475+02:00stay calm avrds---and prepare yourself. The book i...stay calm avrds---and prepare yourself. The book is to be released inFebruary.<br /><br />Does Gintaras have an advanced copy?robertwhelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734928563705595948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-40068978821782449482010-12-14T20:25:56.587+02:002010-12-14T20:25:56.587+02:00I take it back, he ended up buying a place in the ...I take it back, he ended up buying a place in the Big Hole (some nice symmetry there) -- Nez Perce country -- south of Twin Bridges.<br /><br />http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_d2688fee-eb20-11de-af19-001cc4c03286.html <br /><br />But I still think that photo is in the Paradise Valley. I don't recall mountains that look like that down around the Big Hole avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-15006801735130921432010-12-14T17:04:29.860+02:002010-12-14T17:04:29.860+02:00Ugh. First off, he's standing in front of the...Ugh. First off, he's standing in front of the Absaroka Mountains in the Paradise Valley where I used to live. He's spoiling the landscape. Apparently he has a cousin who lives there, but I also read a couple days ago that he now owns a ranch down there too. These are the men who still hold the millions after the Bush depression.<br /><br />Here's my favorite Rumsfeld story, which avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-11582533007757806832010-12-14T15:12:25.710+02:002010-12-14T15:12:25.710+02:00I suppose one could also dub his book Rum Punch, a...I suppose one could also dub his book Rum Punch, after the Elmore Leonard novel.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.com